Many agree we’re in the middle of a national housing crisis. So how did we get here?
It depends on who you ask, but for many housing experts, affordability advocates and municipal officials, the answer lies in part with a policy shift consecutive federal governments joined decades ago. A shift that some argue provides clues on how to fix the current housing conundrum.
Despite the prime minister’s assertion earlier this month that housing isn’t primarily a federal responsibility, it hasn’t always been that way.
Canada had long provided subsidized housing for people who couldn’t afford to pay market value: for workers and returning veterans after the Second
