NDP slams Liberals for stalling on measures to tame hot housing markets

It's hard to fix multiple housing markets with 'one-size fits all' policy levers, says Vaughan.

NDP MP Jenny Kwan (left) is urging the Liberal government to do more to crack down on housing tax cheats and increase the stock of affordable housing to tamper surging prices in the Vancouver and Toronto regions. Liberal MP Adam Vaughan (right) says the Trudeau government did more for affordable housing in its 2016 budget than anything seen over the decade of Conservative rule. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

July 20, 2016

The NDP is calling on the Trudeau government to take decisive action to help residents struggling in overheated housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver, though the Liberals are cautioning against rolling out any policy remedies that could impact the broader national housing picture before extensive...

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