Housing Crisis Will Reach ‘Even More Alarming Levels’ If Construction Isn’t Accelerated: RBC

The housing crisis in Canada will soon reach “even more alarming levels” if the government and other stakeholders don’t increase construction to meet demand, according to a new RBC Economics report. Housing construction needs to increase by nearly 50 percent if Canada has any hope of keeping up with future demographic growth, said RBC assistant chief economist Robert Hogue. “Solving Canada’s housing crisis is a massive undertaking,” Mr. Hogue wrote in the newly released report. “It will take time and tremendous resolve by governments, industry, communities, and other stakeholders to reset the path we’ve been on for decades and address the policy missteps that caused house prices and rent to skyrocket.”...