Should Home Prices Rise, Stall, or Fall?
We can't solve housing affordability without a clear goal for home prices. So long as politicians keep dodging this question, young people and renters of any age will keep paying the price.
We All Deserve a Home We Can Afford...
... yet for too many — especially younger people and renters of any age — an affordable place to call home has become a distant dream.
Governments across Canada keep saying the solution is simple: just build more homes. Yes, we need more supply — but that alone won’t fix a system that’s tilted against affordability.
To restore balance, we must tackle the deeper structural problems driving the crisis:
- Wealth over shelter. Housing policies reward homeowners and investors for banking on rising prices, even as those same prices lock others out.
- Faulty metrics. Canada’s measure of housing inflation masks rising costs, delaying the right policy responses.
- No clear target. Without a goal for home prices, rising market values are celebrated as a sign of strength – not a barrier to affordability.
Join us in calling for coordinated action to restore housing affordability — not just for today, but for good.
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3 Starting Points to Restore Housing Affordabililty
It's time to ask a bit more from those who've gained the most
Rising home prices have made many owners more wealthy. Let's ask those who've benefited the most from our broken housing system to help fix it.
A better way to measure housing inflation
Home prices have gone up over 300% since 2000 - so why wasn't there an equivalent jump in inflation? The underestimation of housing inflation has long fueled unaffordability - but there's an easy fix.
