"If Carney is looking to develop the economy in ways existing investors won’t, why bother with these convoluted financing schemes?" Tax the rich Tax windfall profits (oil & gas 👀) Expand & leverage our national development bank Invest directly in the 🇨🇦 we want canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'Tax breaks and public subsidies should not be offered indiscriminately and unconditionally. They should be extended on a targeted basis, as part of a broader program to transform Ontario’s inequitable home building system.' @policyalternatives.ca

Ottawa & Queen's Park are bailing out the developers & investors that broke Ontario's housing market, offering an $11 billion tax giveaway. Will it work? And if so, who will it work for? My latest for @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'If the CSF is meant to help guide Canada in these uncertain economic times, then we have to ask the question of what type of Canada it is likely to build.' @policyalternatives.ca

Out today! Our report for CMHC reveals stark differences in tenant protections across Canada, asking who might be at higher risk of eviction? We assess the strength of rent controls & eviction protections for each province & territory. newhousingalternatives.ca/jurisdiction...

Housing bail out - who benefits? A clear winner: the nearly "50 private funds & high-net-worth individuals buying...condos in batches of 40 to 50” The $2.2B HST break gives these firms "another financial incentive" to bulk buy - up to $130k per home 👇🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Mark Carney should take his own advice and not sit on the sidelines of the Cuba crisis #Opinion

Ontario will offer up to $130k tax breaks for all buyers of new homes, including investors buying “rental property”. Before, the HST rebate was for 1st-time buyers. Now, it will help buyers who already own outbid those who don’t, costing the public dearly. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

Today, NHAs' podcast speaks with Steve Pomeroy about the rapid loss of low-rent housing. Across Canada, 11 affordable homes are lost for every 1 built. We talk about what communities and gov’s are doing to protect these much-needed homes, & what more can be done. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

Yesterday, Bill 60 passed, rolling back many tenant protections. NHAs' new analysis focuses on 6 major changes under Bill 60. It explores how each will erode tenant protections & further fuel Ontario's homelessness crisis. 🧵👇 newhousingalternatives.ca/ontarios-bil...

A concise overview of budget 2025. “The new Build Canada Homes program…[is] more of a pilot program than a generational investment. The 4k homes to be started under BCH next year is small potatoes relative to needs." 3/4's of the headline housing investment "is a carryover from previous budgets."

“It very well could be a good start, but my concern is that it’s not going to scale up fast enough. The fiscal commitment is pretty weak … it’s not what I would think of as a generational investment.” www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe... @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca

New from NHAs' blog: our analysis of Ontario's Bill 60. Bill 60, as proposed, will make it easier & faster to evict tenants. We explore 6 proposed changes, showing how they will erode tenants protections & further fuel Ontario's homelessness crisis 👇🧵 newhousingalternatives.ca/ontarios-bil...

Proud to have authored a letter with @nodemovictions.bsky.social, co-signed by 134 orgs, demanding that Premier Ford repeal #Bill60 — which we call the "Create Encampments Faster" Act. Ontario can't afford even weaker rental protections and more homelessness. Read: tinyurl.com/StopBill60

A few huge financial firms are buying up Toronto's purpose-built rental, 📈from 14% to 24% of all units 2010-21. Starlight & CAPREIT alone own almost half. They're aggressively filing evictions at rates 2.5X >than single-building owners & 1.5X >than corporate chains. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

New BSH research, by @seangrisdale.bsky.social, analyzing 385,000+ eviction filings in the GTA (2010-2021) reveals how financialized landlords are systematically undermining housing security & exacerbating inequalities across the region. Read the full report: buff.ly/ZY6GQYS (Thread 1/6)

Making housing affordable isn’t just about reducing prices. It’s also about raising incomes. On both fronts, we're going the wrong way fast. Across 🇨🇦, “the income gap between wealthy & low-income households has reached a record high" finds NHA's Ricardo Tranjan. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Brampton is preparing a bylaw to prevent the loss of affordable rental apartments. Developers that demolish or convert rental units could soon be required to replace them & provide tenants “right of return”. But ACORN is pushing to strengthen the policy👇 www.bramptonguardian.com/news/propose...

Great @ubchart.bsky.social brief on CMHCs new Housing Supply Framework CMHCs revised targets: (1) Set 60-70% of income as an acceptable housing affordability standard for major Canadian cities (2) Emphasize market supply-alone solutions & neglect financialization hart.ubc.ca/blog/cmhcs-n...

City of Kitchener is moving forward with legislation protecting tenants from renovictions. Congrats to ACORN for showing the power of tenants when they organize. www.therecord.com/news/council...

Tomorrow

Great to see @kmclt.bsky.social begin construction on 78 supportive homes in Kensington Market. Another small step for Mayor Chow's plan to build 65k rent-controlled homes on city-owned sites by 2030. Another big leap for Canada's fast-growing Community Land Trusts. torontolife.com/city/real-es...

54% of eviction notices in Waterloo Region in the past 5 years were for renovation or demolition, according to a survey by NHA partner, ACORN. “It’s a plague…that’s why you see other municipalities [passing renoviction bylaws]…& that’s what we need Kitchener to do.” www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...

3 months ago, Vancouver stopped approving supportive-housing projects Last month, the City quashed a 129-unit (1/2 supportive) project, approved for rezoning in 2022 “This was an instream project. To see the city back away is concerning” All amidst a homelessness crisis thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

Check out Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's new report on the global Community Land Trust movement. It features a chapter by NHA partners Dominique Russell (Kensington Market CLT) & Sue Bunce (UofT), which explores the growth of CLTs across Canada. www.lincolninst.edu/publications...

Highly recommend this new data-heavy, policy-oriented, very readable 80+page report. It tracks the📈role of financialization & investor ownership in decoupling 🇨🇦 home prices from incomes since the 90s. Happy to see my research adding to this important analysis. www.movesmartly.com/thegreatsell...