In today's episode, we do a deep dive into the rental housing market and look at some changes Manitoba's government is making to rent control rules.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIZAmtvfc8k
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This is mostly an artifact of how Statcan defines boundaries, but I find it hilarious that Canada's most densely populated metros/agglomerations include Stratford, Ingersoll, Tillsonburg, and Woodstock.
Jared Zaifman, CEO at The London Home Builders' Association and I were guests on the Matt Brown podcast today, talking about all things housing.
Listen here: https://the-matt-brown-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/mike-moffatt
Mike Moffatt & Jared Zaifman discuss the new Fed/Prov Housing Affordability Plan | The Matt Brown Podcast
Late last month, Prime Minister Carney and Premier Ford launched an Multi Billion Dollar Housing Affordability Program that’s likely to have a significant positive impact on the housing market - right across the country. Mike Moffatt and Jared Zaifman are joining us today to take a deep dive into the details of the plan. The program the Prime Minister & Premier launched is called “Canada-Ontario Partnership to Build" and, it’s big. It’s an $8.8 Billion Dollar initiative designed to accelerate housing construction, here in London and right across the Province. Dr. Mike Moffatt holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from Ivey Business School and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Rochester. He’s worked with politicians and policymakers of all political stripes in several countries to craft more effective public policy. He’s the founder of the University of Ottawa's Missing Middle Initiative (MMI), the co-host of the Missing Middle Podcast and so much more. Jared Zaifman is the CEO at The London Home Builder’s Association and he is a former member of London’s City Council. Over the past several months, Jared has taken several trips to Toronto and Ottawa with Provincial and Federal Home Builder Association colleagues to meet with government officials and to lobby for the policy changes that we’ll be talking about today. Thanks for listening!
In today's episode, we examine "The Collapse of Youth Happiness in Canada". Is social media really to blame? Or is the bigger story about expectations, affordability, and “option freedom”: the ability to make meaningful life choices.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUyJyf4MJM
I'll be a witness this morning at a House of Commons committee, talking about housing. Here are my opening remarks, titled "Transparency, Targets, and Family Housing: Strengthening Bill C-20"
Read here: https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/transparency-targets-and-family-housing
New episode! We look at Canada's lagging productivity; specifically my views on how productivity increases can be driven by either fear or greed, that fear is a better motivator, yet public policy tends to overfocus on greed.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGu_lZVE8gU
Looks like I'll be a witness at the House of Commons #HUMA committee meeting on Thursday morning, talking housing, Build Canada Homes, and Bill C-20. Should be fun!
https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/HUMA/meeting-32/notice
New piece from Cara and me, on how the affordability crisis is shrinking family sizes.
Read: With a record-low 1.25 children per Canadian woman, stop dismissing falling fertility rates as a choice
New piece! The root cause of our middle-class housing failures stems from governments enacting policies without a clear goal. Today, we provide a goal for governments to use in policymaking, centred around choice and children.
Read here: https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/the-one-question-governments-wont
New piece at the Globe, on how the combination of enhanced HST rebates and 50% development charges will lower the price of new homes by 15-20%, and why the savings will be passed along to buyers.
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