Housing Affordability will shape the 2019 Federal Election
/A recent Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study found that a third of all Canadian households rent their homes — and in only three per cent of Canadian neighbourhoods can "a full-time minimum wage worker … afford to rent an average two-bedroom apartment." Yet we have 421,000 new jobs in the last year, employment is up 2.3 per cent, unemployment and poverty rates are at historical lows. If the economy is doing so well, why do so many Canadians feel like they can’t get in ahead?
The 2019 Federal Election is around the corner and we share the big issues to consider as it relates to Housing Affordability. What comes next for the national housing strategy, the home buyer’s incentive or the CMHC stress test? We’ve heard your cries and have put them all together to dive deeper into the issues that must be addressed during the election campaign. Let’s just hope the candidates are listening.