New housing minister’s ‘first-week jitters’ on home values needs clarification, says policy expert Mike Moffatt

‘It’s about ensuring everyone has options they can afford’: new housing minister's office says that ‘overall’ housing prices will need to decline, but not individual home values.

Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson told reporters housing prices do not need to go down before listing all the ways his government would reduce prices on May 14, less than 24 hours after the prime minister said it was 'very clear' what his government's policy is. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY STUART BENSON

May 21, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney can’t afford to allow first-week cabinet jitters to dilute his government’s messaging on the housing crisis, says economist and progressive policy expert Mike Moffatt. But to truly address affordability, the government will have to admit that h...

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