In a country with some of the world’s most expensive real estate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government wants housing to become more affordable.

  • Hildegarde
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    231 year ago

    Those two goals are fundamentally at odds with each other.

    • Rentlar
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      1 year ago

      Noooot necessarily, but a solution for that is to raise minimum to median wages up to a point that homes are affordable, and keeping existing wealth as it is or taxed. (AKA not happening.)

      Big corps, rich lobbyists would cause government to not even begin considering it, it would cause a good chunk of inflation but there’s a chance that we could get rising wages to outplace inflation instead of the other way around how it’s been.

      • Smoogy
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        71 year ago

        That only considers people who are already with a job. Doesn’t solve homelessness.

        • Rentlar
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          51 year ago

          That is true. Even now we’re getting to a point where you’re fucked even if you have a job (or 2, or 3).

          Welfare/Disability has to go up as well accordingly.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Welfare/Disability has to go up as well accordingly.

            yeah we pretty much need to double welfare/disability rates

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        That will just push prices higher because now you have more prospective buyers for same inventoru of houses on the market.