• Sir_Osis_of_Liver@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    No mention of the fact that house sizes have almost doubled since the 1960s, while families are smaller than ever.
    If it takes as much material to build 2 houses now as it used to for 3-4 houses, that’s not going to help affordability.

    The biggest factors still revolve around zoning and other restrictions imposed by the municipalities and by extension the provinces.

    Housing isn’t as much of a big deal in Winnipeg, but our dingbat premier is still pushing tax cuts that “will fund themselves by stimulating growth”. Meanwhile she’s not even considering rolling back the healthcare cuts that had crippled the system here even prior to Covid.