Feds show ‘understanding’ but not ‘action’ on need to partner with provinces to build more houses, says B.C. minister

A proposal to link housing funding with immigration shows how per capita transfers are sometimes ‘too blunt a measure,’ says policy prof.
Federal Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen is facing calls from his provincial counterpart in B.C. to invest more federal funding in the construction of new housing.

Calls by the province of British Columbia for the federal government to match its investment in the construction of new homes shows how lack of housing supply is a “wicked problem” that will require involvement from all levels of government in order to tackle, say observ...

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