As they head off low polling numbers ahead of next year’s election, Canada’s governing Liberals have released a federal budget largely focussed on Canada’s housing availability and affordability crisis. Urmi and John discuss the background and efficacy of the many measures proposed. What if anything will actually work?

0:00 Intro
00:53 A New Housing Story
05:45 Who Does What?
08:50 Immigration Key to Housing
15:23 Affordability Housing Measures
17:10 Supply Side Goals & Measures
22:15 Today’s Challenges vs. Past
26:16 New Home Building Tech
28:45 Homeowner Support for Additional Units
30:23 Increasing Labour Force
33:10 Modernizing Data
35:13 Demand Side Measures
Immigration Levels Better Managed
37:07 Renter’s Bill of Rights
38:06 FirstTime Home Buyers Measures
41:04 Limiting Investor Actvity
51:04 Vacant Land Tax
56:19 Capital Gains Tax Increase
1:01:36 Overall Verdict

Today’s Show Links:

The Liberal Government Federal Budget 2024: https://budget.canada.ca/2024/homeac...

The Liberal Government’s 2024 Housing Policy “Solving the Housing Crisis: Canada’s Housing Plan”: https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/hous...

CMHC Housing Affordability Report: https://www.cmhcschl.gc.ca/professio...

John discusses the Federal Liberal Government ‘Renter Bill of Rights’:    • Why the Liberals ‘Renter Bill of Righ...  

John discusses the Federal Government’s Extension of Mortgage Terms to 30Y for FirstTime Buyers of New Builds:    • 30Y Mortgages & More: A Look at Liber...  

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