Canada’s Emergency Shelters Are Failing
Four deaths at a Whitehorse facility underscore the need for housing reform
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Can Montreal Save Its Soul Amidst Gentrification?
Evictions, property flips, and the whims of policy makers and landlords are gutting the city
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Want to Fight Climate Change? Fix Housing
Treating the two calamities as separate issues misses a huge opportunity to address both
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Airbnb’s Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing
How Montreal priced out long-term renters as thousands of homes became vacation suites
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Multigenerational Living Often Makes Sense. That Doesn’t Make It Easy
Living with my mother, we get free child care and help with expenses. But all those perks come at a cost
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As Real Estate Costs Soar, an Influx of Residents Is Changing My BC Town
We can’t expect others not to want what we have. And yet we do it all the time
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Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis
A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions
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Homeowners Refuse to Accept the Awkward Truth: They’re Rich
Owners of multi-million-dollar properties still see themselves as middle class, a warped self-image that has a big impact on renters
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There Is No Housing Crisis
Supply alone will not solve a problem that large sections of the population don’t want to fix
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Could the Missing Middle Solve the Housing Crisis?
Victoria, BC, is making an ambitious move to densify neighbourhoods. It could be a model for the rest of the country
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