The Conservative leader's marquee plan to address Canada's housing crisis uses targets that would set municipalities up for failure, argues an analysis of the policy drawn up by federal civil

The thrust of it is that the federal government would withhold funding to municipalities unless they meet certain home-building targets.

Critics worry that this will accelerate suburban sprawl in order to meet quotas. There are some provisions regarding rental housing and transit infrastructure, but with unrealistic time/budgeting constraints.

  • Swordgeek@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Oh, it’s grounded in reality all right. However, his reality doesn’t involve fixing the housing crisis - it will be more about prolonging it to hurt the vulnerable and continue his grift.