Modern living: Rebooting the affordable housing cause | Unpublished
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Author: Paul Welch
Publication Date: April 4, 2025 - 08:09

Modern living: Rebooting the affordable housing cause

April 4, 2025
If you’re looking for a quick fix to Canada’s shortage of affordable homes, Carolyn Whitzman has sobering news for you.  “I think that Canada’s housing crisis is eminently fixable,” says Whitzman, an Ottawa housing and social policy researcher and the author of the 2024 book Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis. “But the first thing […]


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