Sentences with phrase «housing affordability issues»

This money would have gone a long way to address housing affordability issues either through targeted investments in new affordable housing stock or perhaps through investments in boosting rental housing construction.

Therefore, the combination of stagnant wages and rents that have increased significantly has created acute housing affordability issues for many people.

British Columbia, the United Kingdom and myriad global jurisdictions have already implemented time of sale energy labeling to protect consumers from housing affordability issues in the face of energy inflation.

As punitive duties averaging more than 20 % were imposed on Canadian softwood lumber imports in 2017, domestic producers responded by shipping record amounts of timber overseas, raising prices for builders and exacerbating housing affordability issues.

In its endorsement, the group touted Latimer's support for housing affordability issues — a key issue in Westchester County where the county government has been locked in an ongoing dispute with the federal Housing and Urban Development Department.

With land prices in Byron Bay skyrocketing and housing affordability issues reaching all new heights, the couple have been fortunate enough to find a wonderful parking spot for their home in a suburban back - yard.

Since this government came in October we saw housing affordability issues have become much worse particularly in the biggest and main two areas in Canada (Metro Vancouver and Greater Toronto areas): 30 % to 40 % increase of home prices in a matter of weeks and huge shortage of homes and rentals as a result of foreign buyers... big joke..

The good news is that the widely anticipated cooling trend could ease some of the housing affordability issues we've seen across the Bay Area.

In many cities, home - price gains have outpaced wage and income growth over the last couple of years, and this kind of trend can lead to housing affordability issues.

Even though the state budget was approved two weeks ago, he notes that the legislative session doesn't end for another few weeks and the governor and lawmakers could still do something to address the housing affordability issue.

Fellow speakers agreed that the housing affordability issue was at a crisis point, and denounced the forces of gentrification.

«Given the country's experience during the run - up to the housing crash in 2008, it's doubtful that we will again respond to the housing affordability issue with easy and flexible access to credit.»

A cooling trend might be just what the doctor ordered at this point, given the housing affordability issues that have arisen in recent years.

In many cities, home - price gains have outpaced wage and income growth over the last couple of years, and this kind of trend can lead to housing affordability issues.

Combine the relatively stagnant wage growth and the post-recession trauma with the housing affordability issue and you have gale force headwinds towards homeownership.