Pierre
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Development planning expert | Decades in the uncomfortable trenches of demography, sociology, macroeconomics, housing policy & sustainable development | Charts
That’s just provably wrong. We have homeownership rate by age cohort across censuses. It’s NOT rising for the under-35 cohort.
@acoyne I would delete this. You’re a stats guy. You recognize fake news.
William Watson: Some surprising numbers on wealth and home ownership "Despite what you've heard, the wealth gap is narrowing, while people under 35 are more likely to own a home than at any time this century" financialpost.com/opinion/some-s…
There’s no path to regional housing affordability that doesn’t include building a lot more market-rate housing. When we implement policies that restrict new housing production, we make the problem worse, no matter how well-intentioned the policy may be.
New World Happiness Report is out. Canada's rank has fallen to 25th overall (from 6th in 2013). More alarmingly, we're now 71st in happiness for 15-24 year olds. Anglo-American countries score particularly poorly on youth happiness, but Canada is particularly struggling.
