Housing policies need to fully consider market dynamics to move beyond ‘tall and sprawl’ cities

By Dawn Parker, Professor in the School of Planning, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo

The federal Task Force for Housing and Climate recently released its final recommendations for solving Canada’s housing crisis. The Blueprint for More and Better Housing contains suggestions for adding new affordable and climate-friendly homes by 2030.

The task force was launched in September 2023 to help federal, provincial and municipal governments address housing affordability and the climate crises in Canada. The report is aimed at building 3.8 million…

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