• codydodd@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Because as interest rates rise this was really holding young families back. /s

    We need cheap houses not debt traps. Canada’s boomers benefited from post war government building of homes. Now, we get gas lighting and debt.

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      12 hours ago

      Seems like a good change. I imagine there is more than one thing going on in the whole housing portfolio.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      14 hours ago

      Canada’s boomers benefited from post war government building of homes.

      They did. They also benefited from cheap labour and construction inputs, which are no longer a thing.

      The federal and provincial governments should get back into building, but we also need to find a way to build cheaper.