New piece over at Macleans, on how the Toronto and Vancouver condo crash isn't isolated to Toronto and Vancouver, and isn't isolated to condos... and why it's likely to get worse before it gets better. Read here:

On today's Missing Middle podcast episode, we answer your questions, introduce a new member of the team, and discuss our big plans for 2026. Watch here:

Great new video on why Canadian capital, like Canadian pensions, is investing so little in Canada.

Some big changes are coming to MMI, including the Missing Middle Podcast becoming a two-show network, with "Classonomics" and "DemograFix" each airing their first episode next week. Read here:

New Year, New Piece! Today we look at what the Missing Middle accomplished... and failed to accomplish, in 2025. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

This is exactly what I mean. Every single day Canada picks and chooses when international law applies and when we can safely ignore it. Pretending otherwise is willful ignorance.

Since Canada has a new-found appreciation of international law, now would be a *really* good time for our governments to live up to their obligations, under international law, to ensure their housing policies are compliant with the human right to housing.

Our first piece of 2026. We look at 10 major policy wins that MMI and its predecessors have achieved, including (but not limited to) housing reforms. It's fun to look back, but there's so much more left to accomplish. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

New piece by Alex, on how federal housing reforms keep failing because zoning outcomes are not measured, allowing responsibility to drift upward even though municipalities control the decisions that block housing. Read here:

New piece! There's been a surprising level of interest among our readers in "the business of think-tanks." Since you asked for it, here's a lengthy piece on how we think about and measure our performance and whether we're making a difference. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

One thing I'll never not find funny is how so many "trust the science" folks will quickly dismiss out of hand, without reading it, any study that finds that high housing costs reduce the birth rate.

New piece at the Toronto Star, looking at the link between housing affordability and falling birthrates. In short, families are having fewer children than they'd like because they can't afford family-friendly homes. Read here:

New piece! Unfortunately, Alex is leaving MMI for an exciting new opportunity. But before he goes, he's got things to say. And here's one of them: You Can’t Fix Zoning If You Can’t Measure It Read here:

New post! We look back at the posts that resonated with MMI readers, and learned a valuable lesson: Our best posts happen when we're angry, overcaffeinated, and in a last-minute rush. Read here:

We're taking a much-needed break, so no new Missing Middle podcast episode this week. Instead, we're looking back at our 25 most popular episodes to see what resonated with viewers and listeners. Read here:

We're trying something new! The Missing Middle Initiative has started a community on Reddit. If you're a Redditor, join us at r/missingmiddlers www.reddit.com/r/mis...

New piece! We put together our list for Santa and came up with 10 housing policy reforms we'd like to see in 2026. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

I'm still stunned at the number of progressives who are upset at the federal government scaling back on non-permanent residency programs. Here's the 2024 UN report on contemporary slavery that calls out issues with TFW and international student programs. docs.un.org/en/A/HRC...

Having fun with spam texters.

For everyone saying Premier Ford's higher ed funding was the cause of student exploitation, here's a piece on the situation in Ontario from *2018*, right after the election. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why some folks are upset that the federal government scaled back international student permits when there was so much fraud and abuse in the system. www.cbc.ca/news/cana...

New piece! For the second time in three years, Metro Vancouver has raised development charges just after another level of government lowered taxes on new housing, capturing the savings instead of lowering total costs. Read Metro Van Strikes Again here: www.missingmiddleini...

Find the full episode on Fixing Canada’s Health Data Rules Without Killing Innovation with @MikePMoffatt & @SabrinaMaddueaux here:

My biggest takeaway from today's Statistics Canada population release.

A fun, wonky episode today. We look at the "Brussels Effect" on how EU regulations can often become global standards, how that's already happening in Canadian health tech, and why it puts innovation at risk. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...

New piece! If my doctor predicted my height the same way the Ontario gov't predicts population growth, he'd guess I'm 12 feet tall. That matters because Ontario's use of those forecasts perpetuates the housing crisis. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

Male real wage declines have been highest for the 25-34 and 35-44 year old cohorts.

Spoiler for a piece coming out tomorrow. Ontario didn't forecast the big wave of immigration and non-permanent residents, which is totally understandable. They also didn't forecast a substantial decline in birth rates, which the housing crisis may have caused.

About an hour ago, our piece "What Happened to the Young Middle-Class Man?" became our most-read ever, with 12,300 views. It shows how average and median incomes are growing for men over the age of 65, but falling for those between 25-34. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

New Episode! We discuss the HOMES Report Card, which grades every Canadian province on housing. Atlantic provinces lead the way, while Ontario struggles, with high costs forcing young people to stay home longer or move away. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...

MMI has been taking heat from Liberal partisans that our housing work ignores the provinces. Yesterday, we released a comprehensive provincial housing report card. And no response from them. Were they really concerned about the provinces? Read:

One of the 36 indicators in today's first annual provincial HOMES report card. A high proportion of households in BC and Ontario live in small, cramped housing relative to their family size and composition. Get the report card here: www.missingmiddleini...

In the 1st annual HOMES (Housing Outcomes and Management Effectiveness Score) Report Card we grade provinces on 36 indicators over 5 criteria related to policy and outcomes. Overall, New Brunswick and PEI get an A-, and Ontario gets a D. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

The good news is that senior men now earn more than in the 1970s. The bad news is that young men don't. @SabrinaMaddeaux & @MikepMoffatt dig into the numbers, and how/why young men have been left behind, on today's Missing Middle pod

At 5 am EST tomorrow, we'll release our 1st annual HOMES report card, which grades provinces on 36 indicators across five categories: pro-supply policies, avoidance of harmful policies, supply outcomes, affordability outcomes, and societal outcomes. Look for it at MMI!

New episode! In "No Country for Young Men?" we examine how economic outcomes have improved over the past 50 years for older men, but have deteriorated significantly for those under age 45. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...

Can someone explain to me how Metrolinx/TTC spent $3.7 billion on an LRT that is worse than the bus service it replaced? I really don't get it.

New Piece! What Happened to the Young Middle-Class Man? Canadian men under 45 earn less than their 1970s counterparts, even as seniors hit historic highs, and homeownership trends widen the gap. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

In 2017, I was the Chief Innovation Fellow for the Gov't of Canada, advising on innovation. A return to my roots today, with a new report on Health Innovation, and why Canada shouldn't adopt EU rules as a way to reduce trade barriers. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

This is really wonderful to see! CMHC is now releasing data on development charges across Canada. Must read piece.

Cover for a report we'll be issuing next week. We grade all 10 provinces on their housing performance across 36 different indicators. Look for it at www.missingmiddleini...

Good news! The federal government is cutting the sales tax on newly constructed homes. Sadly, the federal government taking this step is Portugal's.

New episode! We examine new research from U of T that shows that over 50% of the decline in the birth rate since 1990 is due to the increased cost of housing. Watch "No Space? No Baby!" here: www.youtube.com/watc...

Governments continue to focus on small homes, like garden suites, in cities. Meanwhile 48% of 5+ person households are in core housing need in the City of Toronto. Prioritizing small homes discriminates against newcomers who disproportionately form multigenerational households.

The fed reaction to PBO's housing report makes clear what I said at a conference last week: The gov't has no long-term plan, no targets, no KPIs, no accountability metrics. 5 years from now we won't know if BCH worked, because there's no benchmarks. www.cbc.ca/news/poli...

New PBO report out today, that finds that in the first 5 years of the Build Canada Homes program, it's will have $7.3 billion of spending on an accrual basis ($13 billion on a cash basis) and lead to fewer than 26,000 homes being built. Read here: www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/pu...

New piece. The more I go to housing conferences, the more people I feel like we've collectively lost the plot. If housing is a human right, why do we keep highlighting places and models that continue to violate it? Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

Great to see our new report on GTA and Greater Golden Horseshoe housing starts and sales get mentioned several times in Question Period today. We won't solve the housing crisis until we acknowledge the depth of the problem. See the report here: www.missingmiddleini...

A question I get asked a lot is, "will the increase in purpose-built rental starts offset the decline in condo starts"? A: In some places, possibly, but our new report shows that, say, the City of Toronto, we're not seeing an offset. Read more here: www.missingmiddleini...

New report! Our Q3 GTA and Greater Golden Horseshoe report is out, and it's bleak. Pre-construction apartment sales down 89%, ground-oriented pre-sales down 65%, guaranteeing an even deeper downturn in 2026 and beyond. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...