Is rent control a progressive policy that helps tenants, or is it a regressive policy that benefits long-term tenants over new renters, often younger ones? @carastern & @MikePMoffatt take a look at the many sides of rent control. Hello distributional consequences!👋👋👋

Given that wealth yields political power, the more accumulation, the less likely redistribution becomes.

My favourite new thing about getting old is when I’m wearing reading glasses and then I try and put another pair of reading glasses on top because I’ve forgotten I’m already wearing them. It’s fine, I’M FINE!

The province just lowered its housing forecast again in the Fall Economic Statement (FES). There will be 17,000 fewer homes by 2028, leaving Ontario 390,000 homes short of its goal. The crisis isn’t slowing. It’s accelerating because all levels of gov still can't act with cohesion or conviction.

I’m still thinking about that game. What a team. 108 days until spring training.

This October had a lifetime’s worth of baseball drama in just four weeks. What a joy it’s been. Thank you @bluejays! You’re an incredible team! 💙💙⚾️💙💙

I wept reading this

Jays in 7!

Jays in six, LETS GOOOO!

Millions of Canadians have experienced the special hell that is waiting on hold for someone from CRA to answer. You may even be one of the nearly 80k taxpayers who were wrongfully assessed last year. @MikePMoffatt & @SabrinaMaddeaux examine what the data is telling us about CRA

Baseball is the absolute best sport for stories and storytelling. This summary of last night's 18-inning WS game by (GOAT) Joe Posnanski is perfect www.joeposnanski.com... HT @MikePMoffatt

I never play the game where you analyze the coaches moves. He knows more than I do. But, personally, I’d never let anyone on my team pitch to Ohtani. It should be illegal.

In an era of copious strikeouts, the Blue Jays don't. In a time of shoddy defense, the Blue Jays play clean. And even against a juggernaut like the Dodgers, a team full of late bloomers and second chancers can look like a dominant force.

As rumoured, Fletcher moved for the item on Craven Road garden suites to be deferred. The consultations will continue until morale improves.

Rent control has created a perverse incentive for landlords to provide a less good experience for tenants to ensure the healthy turnover of units, says @teamrentsyns's Max Steinman to @SabrinaMaddeaux on this week's Missing Middle pod.

Good luck tonight to the @BlueJays from everyone at the Missing Middle for the first game 7 since 1985. As a token of our appreciation, here's a video of @MikepMoffatt and me awkwardly doing the wave. LET'S GOOOOOOOO

UPDATE: The Toronto and East York council vote on the proposed Garden Suite changes on Parkmount/Craven Road has been postponed. I got an email from one of the residents, and apparently, Councillor Fletcher's office sent out an email this morning.

This!

In case you missed it, Daaaa Yankees Lose!!! is how we greet each other now.

Does it make more sense for young people to change their preferences for 3-bedroom homes, or should city and provincial planning change what's available for them from tiny condos to places large enough for families? @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikepMoffatt have some thoughts

“…but Jays superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arguably has produced more electrifying postseason moments in two days – a first-inning homer in Game 1, a grand slam in Game 2 – than Judge has in his entire career.“

There less than 1% chance of the Yankees coming back from this.

Every consumer has a breaking point. People will stop buying something they love if the ingredients are changed or the price is too inflated. This is what's happened with Toronto condos and housing in general. @MikepMoffatt & @SabrinaMaddeaux dig into it on this week's pod

GO JAYS!

I’m definitely curious about what @MarthaStewart is feeling right now.

Two things that seem mutually exclusive are true. We are in a housing supply crisis, and virtually nothing is getting built. @MikepMoffatt & @SabrinaMaddeaux get into it on this week's episode of the Missing Middle pod.

This will be interesting to watch unfold

I don't know if you guys have noticed, but it feels like society is fraying a little bit. On this week's episode of the Missing Middle, @SabrinaMaddeaux, @MikepMoffatt, and I debate how return-to-office mandates may (or may not) help with that.

Dahlia season, happy Friday!

Shrinkflation isn't just happening with boxes of cereal and packages of cheese, but in housing as well. @MikePMoffatt & @SabrinaMaddeaux discuss it on this week's episode of the Missing Middle podcast

This is the best advice for the Democrats that I have read www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

baseball + tennis = 💃🏼

Today's episode of the Missing Middle pod, we explain what a think tank is and what we do. (This episode is dedicated to all the moms who don't know what their kids do for a living.) @MikepMoffatt. @SabrinaMaddeaux

👇🏼

“That middle class has so eroded in size and in purchasing power — and the wealth of our top earners has so exploded — that America’s most important market today is its affluent.”

Traffic in toronto is brutal. I’ve been driving for an hour and haven’t yet gotten out of the city. When the Ontario public sector is in office 5 days a week plus the big banks, it’s going to get 10x worse and Doug Ford is going to have to wear it.

My daughter is going off to university and this basically how I feel about it so far. youtube.com/shorts/t... via @YouTube

If 96% of zoning applications are approved, why are municipalities requiring developers to go through an arduous and expensive approvals process which encourages acrimony? Great question posed by @jesse_helmer in today's episode of the Missing Middle pod

I did that here, going back to 1968: www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/southern-o... (Scroll down to the bottom of the article - it's a long one).

Rising housing costs are driving artists, musicians, designers, and other innovators out of big cities, and the loss isn't just about vibes. @MikepMoffatt & @Sabrinamaddeaux break it down on this week's Missing Middle

New MMI episode! Sabrina and I channel our inner-Richard Florida (@Richard_Florida) and discuss how high rents/home prices, and the cost of living are impacting the creative class and the arts in our big cities. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...

New MMI piece! Housing policy should not abandon the option of homeownership as a goal, and Gen X and Boomers must understand the corrosive impact of telling Millennials and Gen Z that it's okay for them to be denied the options that we took for granted.

Autocorrect is so bad now that it regularly turns a sentence that was 90% correct into total nonsense. This is a concrete example of why monopolies are bad.

Are you getting rich by building or creating something, or are you getting wealthy by sitting on an asset for 40 years doing nothing? One of the big questions @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikePMoffatt discuss on today's episode. PS The answer matters a lot to the health of the economy

Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had theonion.com/man-who...

File under birding opportunities phys.org/news/2025-0...

What is a MURB, I hear you ask, and why was their success the reason for their downfall? To find out, check out this week's episode of the Missing Middle podcast with @MikepMoffatt and @SabrinaMaddeaux

Two of my favourite men, who I don’t know irl, in one place. So good. youtu.be/IPsu4pMpIjk...

Straight out of the How to Be An Autocrat playbook. Chapter 1 www.nytimes.com/2025...