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3 weeks ago | 
missingmiddleinitiative.ca | Meredith Martin |Mike Moffatt |Sabrina Maddeaux
In this conversation, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt are joined by co-host of the Prof G Markets podcast with Scott Galloway, and host of the First Time Founders podcast Ed Elson. Together, they discuss the economic challenges faced by Gen Z, including their financial struggles, housing affordability, and the rising cost of education.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
linkedin.com | Mike Moffatt
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
wellandtribune.ca | Mike Moffatt
Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services developmentStore and/or access information on a deviceYou can choose how your personal data is used.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Mike Moffatt
Ontario is experiencing a host of problems, from rates of homelessness not seen in decades to the net loss of 100,000 residents to other provinces over the past four years. Many of these problems share a root cause: homebuilding that lags the rest of the country. This is not a recent phenomenon. Over the past six years Ontario is in the bottom half of provinces in terms of housing starts per capita. This is despite Ontario having population growth higher than the Canadian average.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Mike Moffatt
Commentary 22 November 2024 A for sale/sold sign stands in front of residential homes in the Riverside South neighbourhood of Ottawa, Aug. 30, 2024. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. Today is National Housing Day, and with each passing year, the occasion grows in visibility. This is not necessarily a good thing. It’s a telltale sign of the persistence of this country’s housing crisis.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
placecentre.smartprosperity.ca | Mike Moffatt |Sarah Krzysik
The Blueprint for More and Better Housing, released in early 2024, provided a plan for Canada to build 5.8 million affordable, resilient and low-carbon homes. Although many of the recommendations have proven popular with policymakers and the public, getting buy-in for the overall vision can be difficult. Too often, those policymakers and the public see the four goals of the Blueprint at odds with each other.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
placecentre.smartprosperity.ca | Mike Moffatt |Sarah Krzysik
Over the past six years, from Canada Day 2018 to Canada Day 2024, Canada's population has grown by over 4.2 million people, requiring a substantial increase in Canada's housing supply. This rapid naturally leads to the question, Which communities are getting it done when it comes to homebuilding? In this memo, Ontario Communities Falling Behind on Homebuilding, we benchmark homebuilding performance across Canada, by using a few different metrics to assess performance.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Mike Moffatt
Commentary 29 October 2024 Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about housing in Montreal, Feb. 15, 2024. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press. Pierre Poilievre’s proposal to eliminate the GST for newly constructed homes selling for under $1 million is the boldest middle-class housing proposal released to date from any federal political party. It will put $4 billion back into the pockets of homebuyers each year.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Mike Moffatt
Commentary 16 October 2024 People work on new residential construction in the Riverside South neighbourhood of Ottawa, Aug. 30, 2024. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. Housing affordability remains a crisis in Canada, and any solution to that crisis requires driving down the costs of building a new home.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
brnw.ch | Mike Moffatt
Commentary 16 October 2024 People work on new residential construction in the Riverside South neighbourhood of Ottawa, Aug. 30, 2024. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. Housing affordability remains a crisis in Canada, and any solution to that crisis requires driving down the costs of building a new home.
