Canadians See Cutting Immigration and International Student Targets as a Temporary Solution to Ease Housing Shortage
74% Agree More Homes Need to be Built to Lower Housing Prices and Make Housing More Affordable
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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