Canadians See Cutting Immigration and International Student Targets as a Temporary Solution to Ease Housing Shortage

While Canadians strongly agree that more homes should be built, they are split on whether it will actually impact housing prices substantially, with 56% agreeing it will lower the cost of buying a new home and 57% agreeing it will lower the cost of rent. Two-thirds (65%) of current homeowners disagree that building more housing will cause their home to be worth less.

There is strong support for building larger buildings (60%), more homes in suburbs or rural areas (76%), not-for-profit rental units (79%), and shelters (74%) to increase housing supply.

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