Canada’s housing affordability challenges cannot be solved by focusing on just one part of the system. Canada’s last National Housing Strategy focused almost exclusively on non-market social and subsidized housing—as the time comes to update the strategy, it is critical that the full continuum be addressed, with permanent policy measures to do so.
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The Housing Continuum
Housing in Canada works as a continuum. Those who are in core housing need (like emergency shelters) are on one end, and those who can purchase market-rate housing (or rent if they prefer) are on the other. It looks like this: Canadians Want to Own their Homes About 94% of Canadians either live in a…