Lack of investment in affordable rental units, increased financialization of housing, soaring land prices, and jacked-up mortgage rates are just some of the reasons behind the rental and housing crisis we find ourselves in.

Host:  Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guests: Jen St. Denis, Tanya Burkart

Background reading:

• Fact Checking Poilievre’s ‘Housing Hell’ Video – The Tyee
• Why Can’t We Build Like It’s the 1970s? – The Tyee
• People love living in co-ops — so why did Canada kill the program? – Ricochet
• To solve Canada’s housing crisis, make renting great again – National Observer
• Housing Hell – Pierre Poilievre

Sponsors: Rotman, AG1

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