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In an attempt to deal with an affordable housing crisis, the Dutch housing minister recently proposed a law that would have allowed municipalities to force some property owners to sell their homes only to low and middle-income earners. The problem the policy is trying to fix is one that's particularly acute in Canada.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I'm don't want to be that Debbie Downer, but this shit isn't getting solved any time soon. Even if more housing was built, the levels of immigration being thrown into the mix skews the numbers of available affordable housing.

There are many things that all levels of government could look at for examples outside of Canada, that could help fix the issues but they have 0 incentive to do anything.

I hate saying it, but if I were young, I would be doing whatever I could to get a work permit in a different country that understands how important housing is and start a life there.