It’s interesting to perspectives from elsewhere. The Netherlands is also facing a housing crisis, and they’re also talking about significant increases in construction. Part of that will be to limit local control.
Interestingly, they’re also talking about changing the type of construction: fewer rooms.
There isn’t quite enough context to explain why that would help, but it’s something I haven’t really heard politicians saying here in Canada.
What changes would you make to speed up housing growth here?
Sadly, it appears the lessons from the Miljonprogrammet have been lost in Sweden too. Last I checked housing in Göteborg and Stockholm (and to a lesser extent Malmö and Uppsala) has also become unaffordable to purchase for folks, with privat sector rents going through the roof and social housing programs struggling to keep up with the increasing demand.
Oh yeah, they have definitely been forgotten here.