Should home prices go down? ’No,’ says Canada’s new housing minister | Globalnews.ca
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Gregor Robertson, the former Vancouver mayor, was sworn in as housing minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet on Tuesday.
  • Ember James@lemmy.ca
    1·
    8 months ago

    Getting the government back into the business of directly building affordable housing is one effective way to accomplish that.

    Is this not the plan?

    • kbal@fedia.io
      3·
      8 months ago

      To quote the minister, “no.”

      The Globe and Mail pointing out the obvious a year ago: “Cutting shelter costs while ensuring that homeowners’ property values remain high could be viewed as contradictory.”

      • Ember James@lemmy.ca
        2·
        8 months ago

        To properly quote the Minister.

        “No, I think that we need to deliver more supply , make sure the market is stable.”