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Gregor Robertson , the former mayor of Vancouver , sparked the debate after he was sworn in as housing minister.
Robertson said Canada lacks affordable housing and championed Ottawa ’s efforts to build out the supply of homes priced below market rates.
Mike Moffatt , founding director of the Missing Middle Institute , had a different answer when asked whether housing can be made more affordable for the average Canadian without a drop in market values.
Moffatt said he welcomes policies that encourage more housing for vulnerable Canadians and those experiencing homelessness.
Policies that target the demand-side of the equation — helping Canadians become homeowners — tend to put upward pressure on home prices at the same time, he said. Lander said part of the path to affordable housing has to be a shift away from the narrative that Canadians have been fed for generations — that home ownership is a lofty goal to aspire to and renters are “ second -class citizens.” “I don’t think that we’re being clear with society that this is what that might look like,” he said..
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