Sentences with phrase «addressing home affordability»

Neither main political party has released significant policies addressing home affordability or high house prices, despite the federal election being two days away.

Most Ontario residents want to see the province's political parties address home affordability as part of their 2018 election platforms, according to a new poll conducted by Ipsos.

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Last week however, Clark announced another housing policy that not only fails to address any key contributing factors to the affordability crisis, but will likely make housing costs and the overheated market worse: the BC HOME Partnership Program (BCHP).

Certainly there are advantages to a tiered system, but those benefits may do little to address the affordability problems faced by home buyers, nor will it significantly reduce the government's risk when it comes to insured mortgages.

We've followed the small living movement in our «Tiny house trends series,» which has featured traditional homebuilders switching over to tiny homes, companies finding untapped demand in the small home market, residents of the first public tiny house community in the country seeing the movement evolve, and an architect who wants to adapt the trend to address problems of urban infill and a lack of affordability.

In addition, it is imperative that policies address the need to expand the availability and affordability of high - quality, affordable child care services (both centre - and home - based) so that parents have peace of mind when they return to work and children benefit from stimulating and sensitive non-parental caregiving arrangements.

«The glaring need for more new - home construction is creating an affordability crisis that needs to be addressed by policy officials and local governments,» Yun says.

Declining affordability needs to be addressed with policies enacted that ensure creditworthy young households and minority groups have the opportunity to own a home.

«By introducing amendments to the PTT and the Home Owner Grant Program, the government has begun to address the ongoing erosion of affordability, but we continue to recommend that it take steps to eliminate, phase out or otherwise reduce the PTT, which is a huge income stream.

In an effort to address housing affordability in urban and suburban areas, the Manufactured Housing Institute in 1997 announced a pilot project to bring manufactured homes to five major urban areas.

Australia needs to build in more than 230,000 homes every year to help address its property market affordability issues at a time when the number of... Read more