Why Canada's housing crisis is a productivity crisis, too Ricardo Hausmann and Eric Protzer: Canada's lack of suitable housing is a social problem, but it can also stymie growth. Read how.

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All the "won't somebody think about the trees" NIMBYs are fake tree huggers. The greatest danger cities pose to trees is urban sprawl!

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#HousingTheoryOfEverything strikes again!

The OLP needs to get serious about the housing supply crisis when they select a new leader. Doug Ford is doing less than nothing. It shouldn't be hard to present a credible alternative, and it would improve just about every problem we have (bc #HousingTheoryOfEverything is true)
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One major factor: housing prices in the cities where these jobs would be!

Turns out letting NIMBYs run housing policy for generations ruins the economy.

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Thinking some more: b/c housing is so expensive in so many places, we get adult roommate households occupying what was once homes for people w/ kids. Pile on the costs of childcare, food, transportation, & you end up w/ far fewer kids all over.

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Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy? Society sold the dream of home ownership — then cruelly snatched it away

Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy? - https://on.ft.com/4kTUHyA via @financialtimes

One More to add to the #HousingTheoryOfEverything

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What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies For a lot of people, it’s getting too expensive to knit or fish.

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
In this piece, Tyler Harper argues that price inflation for hobbies could ultimately lead to a society which is less tolerant of diversity. I think that on its own is worth worrying about, but there's is also a housing aspect to this. #HousingTheoryOfEverything

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#HousingTheoryOfEverything strikes again

Too many people homeless and not enough customers to support your niche business?

Boy, I wonder whether there might be something that ties those things together.

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