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How are the federal parties promising to tackle home affordability?
UBC professor Paul Kershaw tells Power & Politics, all of the main federal parties have stepped up their game when it comes to presenting policies aimed at making home prices more affordable in Canada.
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Voter focused on affordable housing reacts to election results
Waleed Hamed, a voter looking to buy his first home in the Greater Toronto Area, says it felt like the entire election campaign was a waste, even as affordable housing became an election issue.
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Looking for Solutions to Homelessness From Cities Around the World
Homelessness had already been a difficult problem for major U.S. cities prior to the pandemic, but COVID-19 exacerbated the issue greatly. In New York City alone, almost 123,000 individuals slept in a shelter in 2020. Linda Gibbs, the...
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A roundup of where the leaders were on Day 17 of the campaign
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Green Party Leader Annamir Paul, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole toured Ontario. Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet stayed in Quebec. And People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier visited Alberta last night.
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N.W.T. man dies waiting for essential home renovations
An Indigenous woman from Fort Simpson, N.W.T., spent years trying to access government funding for renovations that would help her terminally ill husband. He died without the funding being approved or work being done.
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NYC Mayoral Candidate Kathryn Garcia on Reopening and Mending Police-Community Relations
Former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia told Cheddar that she's prioritizing the safe reopening of the city, expanding affordable housing, and mending police/community relations, in her bid for mayor. She also...
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Meet the innovators looking to revolutionise housing with sustainable 3D printed homes
A new generation of entrepreneurs and start-ups are shaking up the construction industry by deploying 3D printing technology to build houses.
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Berlin's rent cap is illegal, Germany's top court rules
The rent cap was introduced in February 2020 by Berlin's ruling coalition, which argued it was necessary to keep rent affordable in the German capital.
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Why high house prices are bad for the economy
Economist Mike Moffatt says high house prices are great for existing owners, but could be bad news for Canada's economy overall if new buyers are priced out.
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Bidding wars in small towns, too
Barb Armstrong describes what it was like to sell her home in Perth, Ontario, recently, a frenzied process that ended up with here selling her home for $150,000 more than she was anticipating getting.
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Landlords switch to long lets as COVID hits Europe's short stay market on Airbnb
"Many owners decided to withdraw their accommodation from the short-term rental market and put them on the long-term rental market," one expert told Euronews.
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Provinces disappointed budget skipped increase to health-care funding: B.C. premier
Rosemary Barton Live speaks with the chair of the Council of the Federation, B.C. Premier John Horgan, on what he says was missing from the federal budget — an increase to health transfers. Plus, the conversation explores affordable...
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Airbnb Host on Platform's Commitment to Take in 20,000 Afghan Refugees
As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees resettle around the world, Airbnb has announced an initiative to provide temporary housing to 20,000 of those displaced by the end of the war. Susan Bailey, an Airbnb host and member of the Airbnb...
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Erin O'Toole on commitments to Afghanistan
Erin O'Toole answers questions on Canada's commitment to Afghanistan from Arsalan Ghaemi of Vancouver.
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Responding to Eabametoong housing crisis
( - image credit) Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and Associate Deputy Minister of Indigenous Services Canada Valerie Gideon address the housing shortage in Eabametoong First Nation, where people are turning isolation tents into...
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Bank of Canada gives assessment of the national housing market
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins spoke with reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday.
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EU's green renovations proposal 'lacking ambition', says environmental lobby
The EU's green renovations proposal is not ambitious enough, according to one of Europe's largest environmental organisations. Speaking exclusively to Euronews, the European Environment Bureau (EEB), welcomed the Commission's plans but...
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Florida embraces influx of Wall Street firms, tech companies
Firms are leaving California and New York in droves, opting for places such as Florida where the weather is warmer and taxes are lower.
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Vancouver homeless encampment draws a lot of anger and few solutions
After a few violent scenes at a homeless encampment in Vancouver, anger from the neighbourhood is pushing the issue in front of campaigning politicians.
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COVID-19: Tackling vaccine hesitancy in diverse communities
An infectious disease physician and the chair of the City of Toronto's Black Community COVID-19 Response Plan discuss tackling COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Black community and other diverse groups.
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Scotland housing conditions 'drive asylum seekers crazy'
Aid groups have described living conditions inside hotels housing asylum seekers in the Scottish city of Glasgow as degrading and unsanitary.
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Edmonton families take Habitat for Humanity to court for changing terms of ownership
Habitat for Humanity International is criticizing its Edmonton chapter for offering 57 low-income families an easier road to home ownership, then changing the terms because of the chapter’s financial problems. The families are going to...
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Fianna Fail's Micheal Martin named Ireland's new prime minister
Veteran politician promises to tackle deep recession with 'urgency and ambition' amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Montreal’s poorest and predominantly Black neighbourhoods hit hardest by COVID-19
Areas of Montreal with higher Black populations and more cramped housing conditions also report more cases of COVID-19, according to data analyzed by CBC News.