Ahead of the federal budget, a round up and analysis of the series of prebudget housing announcements and what still needs to happen
Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, speaks during an announcement outside a rental housing building being developed by the University of British Columbia Properties Trust in Vancouver on Aug. 16, 2023.On housing, the Trudeau government gets it – finally. A flurry of prebudget announcements have pushed housing to the top of the national agenda.
And this is the heart of the issue. No progress on housing is possible unless you make housing legal to build. Given today’s high costs, most new housing will inevitably be in some sort of apartments. Yet in many cases, cities have made apartments illegal. This has to change. He has prompted extensive pushback from premiers who see the federal government’s action as meddling. But he’s right. And the idea that “fourplexes” should be legal just about anywhere is now, basically, settled in Canadian politics. This is a big victory.It is bigger, in the long run, than anything Ottawa has announced in the past month. Technical innovations and financial increments will only get you so far if every single apartment building has to run a gauntlet.
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