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Originally Posted by Fire
I don't think new housing is keeping us with demand. I am not against immigration but it is putting a floor on how low house prices can go.
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I agree. There are all sorts of societal issues that are directly impacted by the lack of housing supply/affordability. The mass influx of immigration is likely a good thing globally, and could be a great thing locally if we can properly take advantage of the situation and set people up for success.
We need to find ways to get housing to market faster. I don't think developers should be able to run roughshod over our city, but we also can't have consultation to appease all 1.4M of us on every project. It's too easy for NIMBYs to stall developments right now, and the rigour for approvals is getting pretty insane.