Tara Ainsworth’s Post

The AAAE is hosting a hybrid event on Friday, June 14 at 12:00pm AST Housing for Better Economic Outcomes Across Canada This presentation will explore how longstanding issues in the housing sector are reaching critical levels of urgency and what should be done to address those issues. Negative housing outcomes are persisting or worsening despite significant government efforts. Therefore, we must shift towards comprehensive system management instead of relying on traditional social policies. This requires a nuanced understanding of housing dynamics, including supply-demand interactions, and policy levers across levels of government. Duncan Maclennan and David Graham have co-written (Policy Scotland/CHEC/Globe and Mail) and advocated for a rethink on housing policy, predominately at the Federal level for the last 7 years, meeting with various Deputy Ministers, MP’s, and CMHC.

As part of the Reclaiming our Regional Economies (RORE) programme, New Economics Foundation's latest policy paper by Abi O'Connor and Emmet Kiberd outlines how the economic model that underpins housing development is extractive and works against public good – and highlights what an alternative model could look like. https://buff.ly/3zyqT8y CLES - Centre for Local Economic Strategies Co-operatives UK

The Economics of Housing Supply: Pleased to have had the opportunity to work on this with Chris Leishman and Parliament of NSW Research Service. We cover key issues including: 📌 Responsiveness of new housing supply to demand 📌 The importance of new and established housing stock 📌 Filtering processes 📌 Evidence to inform planning reform 📌 Developer behaviour 📌 Complexities of the housing production process 📌 Spatial variations across housing markets #housingsupply #housingaffordability #housingpolicy

Lots of great information in this paper on the economics of housing, including elasticity of supply, stocks and flows etc. And I quote, "It is often assumed that planning regulations significantly hinder new housing supply, but the Australian evidence is actually mixed regarding the extent to which planning has a negative impact on new supply... Developer behaviour can affect the flow of new supply on to the market, but this aspect of the production process does not receive much attention in Australia’s policy commentary."

In a recent article, Senior Vice-President of Housing Economics and Insights - Mathieu Laberge, speaks on Canada's housing production and the steps that need to be taken to meet the Government's Housing Plan. Mathieu Laberge dives into the disconnect between the record high number of housing workers and the amount of houses being built. 🔗 Click the link to read the full article: https://bit.ly/3wwG29A

Solving Canada’s housing affordability crisis means understanding its root causes and exploring sustainable solutions. Check out the latest article by CMHC’s SVP of Housing Economics & Insights where he dives into the complexities of our housing challenges and proposes sustainable solutions that provide short- and long-term relief. Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/hfZu50RnXom

Solving Canada’s housing affordability crisis means understanding its root causes and exploring sustainable solutions. Check out the latest article by CMHC’s SVP of Housing Economics & Insights where he dives into the complexities of our housing challenges and proposes sustainable solutions that provide short- and long-term relief. Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/UF6B50QTisQ

Solving Canada’s housing affordability crisis means understanding its root causes and exploring sustainable solutions. Check out the latest article by CMHC’s SVP of Housing Economics & Insights where he dives into the complexities of our housing challenges and proposes sustainable solutions that provide short- and long-term relief. Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/bCWU50QTr28

One the clearest explanations of the economics of housing supply and its relationship to affordability I've read. It's about the Australian housing market, but same issues.

The Foundations of the Housing Crisis New Economics Foundation has published a report that explains how our extractive land and development models work against public good. https://lnkd.in/dbXEnTCE