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Hooked-up Culture

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 - by Katie Underwood

Edged out of the city by ever-inflating housing prices—and freed up by flexible working parameters, courtesy of COVID-19—Canadian millennials might finally have a shot at financial stability. If the Wi-Fi’s good, that is.

Podcasts

Canada’s Encampment Crisis: Episode 2 of The Deep Dive

January 24, 2022February 2, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

As housing inequality rises across the country, many Winnipeg residents have been left without a place to call home

An illustration of a group of people blowing a housing-shaped bubble

Ask an Expert / September/October 2021

Ask a Real Estate Expert: Is the Housing Bubble Going to Burst?

August 11, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Diana Petramala

Mortgage rates are low and housing prices keep rising, which may mean a coming crash

A group of houses in a small town with "for sale" signs

Society

Small-Town Homes, Big-City Prices: Welcome to the Everywhere Boom

June 3, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Sean Wetselaar

Sky-high housing prices have always been a problem in urban areas. Now, people are being priced out all over

Photo of a group of people gathered in a circle around a fire put, after sundown.

March/April 2021 / Photography

Scenes from Canada’s Housing Crisis

March 3, 2021June 14, 2021 - by Amber Bracken

As cities across the country failed their unhoused populations, one Indigenous-led camp in Edmonton offered support

3D illustration of a person lying on a yoga mat in the dark looking at their phone, the screen illuminating their face. They're surrounded by a bed, desk, exercise equipment, and plants. Internet windows show the tabs they have opened of furniture to buy.

Living Rooms

What DIY Couldn’t Do for Me

December 16, 2020June 8, 2021 - by Kate Black

Hustle culture tells us we’ll be more productive if we optimize our homes. But the decor was never really the problem

Illustration of a woman sitting in front of a TV, snacking on popcorn. Several Los Angeles mansions are growing out of the TV, extending beyond its borders and styled in pink, purple and yellow tones.

Living Rooms

How Real Estate TV Became a Cruel Joke

December 9, 2020December 10, 2020 - by Amil Niazi

Why would I want to watch celebrities shop for multimillion-dollar mansions while I get priced out of my own city?

Illustration of a detached home on a quiet residential street. In the foreground, a painter applies a roller to obscure the neighbourhood in yellow paint.

January/February 2021 / Living Rooms

How to Save the Middle Class

December 2, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Max Fawcett

Our vision of the good life is stuck in the twentieth century. It’s time to reinvent it—starting with home ownership

The Walrus Talks / The Walrus Talks Videos

The Walrus Talks at Home: Housing

November 26, 2020February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Why it matters for all

Artwork of half a dozen clay figures in an apartment room, performing various activities: assembling a chair, sweeping, looking at a cell phone, boxing with one another, and trying to enter the apartment.

Living Rooms

The Rise of the Roommate

November 11, 2020May 27, 2022 - by Kelli María Korducki

Burnt-out and debt-ridden, my generation is poised to change the household as we know it—maybe even for the better

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