RehRomano to Canada · 10 months agoOpinion: It’s not that we have too many people. It’s that we have too few houseswww.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down110cross-posted to: canadapolitics
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: It’s not that we have too many people. It’s that we have too few houseswww.theglobeandmail.comRehRomano to Canada · 10 months agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: canadapolitics
minus-squaresaigotlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agothat seems a bit self fulfilling, most people aren’t homeless, so of course the average household size is greater than the number of people per house. That doesn’t mean that they are in a happy or affordable position.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoThat’s exactly my point. It’s not about a lack of houses in general, but a lack of housing in specific places and a lack of affordability in housing. And yeah, facts have a way of being kind of obvious when you look at the figures.
that seems a bit self fulfilling, most people aren’t homeless, so of course the average household size is greater than the number of people per house. That doesn’t mean that they are in a happy or affordable position.
That’s exactly my point.
It’s not about a lack of houses in general, but a lack of housing in specific places and a lack of affordability in housing.
And yeah, facts have a way of being kind of obvious when you look at the figures.