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Housing

Agricultural Zoning Reform Would Improve Housing Affordability in Quebec

Reforming agricultural zoning to ease a transition toward residential zoning would help to make housing affordable again, according to this MEI study. “The fact is that there is a lot of land in our cities that could support households if zoning allowed,” says Gabriel Giguère, senior policy analyst at the MEI and author of the study.

How Regulation Made Montreal Unaffordable

The regulatory burden is preventing the housing supply from adjusting itself, contributing to the rapid increase in housing prices seen in Montreal, points out this study published by the MEI. “The more regulation there is, the longer it takes and the more it costs to build new units, thus making housing more expensive and harder to find,” says Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the MEI and author of the study.

Valérie Plante nous promet moins de logements

Plutôt que d’adopter un plan pour construire moins de logements et tenter de remplacer le marché, l’administration Plante doit cesser de mettre des bâtons dans les roues des promoteurs si on veut réellement un toit pour tous.

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