Supply alone won’t solve the housing crisis

Without effective measures like rent regulation, there’s nothing to keep existing homes affordable.

Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith. Much of Canada’s housing strategy rests on providing funding to private builders, but this approach cannot be the cornerstone of the national plan, write Sara Beyer and Margaret Flynn. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SARA BEYER, MARGARET FLYNN

January 29, 2025

We will not fix the housing affordability crisis simply by increasing housing supply. The type of housing supply matters, along with measures to stop costs from climbing further out of control, create new affordable homes, and protect the few that still remain—and the peop...

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