@RehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 1 year agoOpinion: It’s not that we have too many people. It’s that we have too few houseswww.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down110
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: It’s not that we have too many people. It’s that we have too few houseswww.theglobeandmail.com@RehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 1 year agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@RandAlThor@lemmy.calinkfedilink6•1 year agoI wonder how many of these are vacation homes or air b&b rentals that sit idle for most of the year?
minus-square@Powerpoint@lemmy.calinkfedilink5•edit-21 year agoUp to 30% of Canadians are domestic speculators. Doesn’t matter how much we build when people just buy it up to increase their portfolio. We need a ban on this activity or a very very heavy tax to force them to sell. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/speculators-30-homeowners-provinces-statscan-143600364.html?_guc_consent_skip=1694666705
I wonder how many of these are vacation homes or air b&b rentals that sit idle for most of the year?
Up to 30% of Canadians are domestic speculators. Doesn’t matter how much we build when people just buy it up to increase their portfolio. We need a ban on this activity or a very very heavy tax to force them to sell.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/speculators-30-homeowners-provinces-statscan-143600364.html?_guc_consent_skip=1694666705