• Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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    27 天前

    It’s centrally important and means that they are still in denial. Real prices must come down — as you say, due to basic principles of supply and demand — if the problem is going to be solved. But they cannot be allowed to come down, because that’s another financial crisis waiting to happen. It’s quite a dilemma.

    Can you elaborate?

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      27 天前

      The current problem is that housing prices are too high and must come down. Getting the government back into the business of directly building affordable housing is one effective way to accomplish that. If whatever they do doesn’t bring prices down then they haven’t done enough, and the problem remains.

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        27 天前

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

        Is this not the plan?

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          27 天前

          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.”

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            27 天前

            To properly quote the Minister.

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