1. Apparently it's never too soon to scapegoat.
@Fordnation attributes our housing crisis to asylum seekers.
Let's thread on actual causes.
@Fordnation attributes our housing crisis to asylum seekers.
Let's thread on actual causes.
@fordnation 2. Decades of disinvestment in building & maintaining social housing have contributed to our housing crisis. Not asylum seekers. 
@fordnation 3. Political ideologies valuing a dollar less in taxes over the benefits of social programs & public goods contribute. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 4. As @ArchitectsDCA notes, land use relates to housing supply & affordability. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation @ArchitectsDCA Yes, financialization of housing - valuing it as commodity rather than shelter - fuels a crisis. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 6. On a related topic, capital gains treatment of principal residences incentivizes price escalation. But not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 7. The failure to rationally & reliably build out transit places price pressure on housing that is central or connected. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 8. I hope we can agree that a decade of generationally low crisis-level interest rates weren't caused by asylum seekers...
@fordnation 9. The construction of purpose-built rental drying up for a couple decades contributes to our housing crisis. Unrelated to asylum seekers.
@fordnation 10. Depending on your position, rent control may help or hinder housing availability & affordability. It plays a role; asylum seekers don't.
@fordnation 11. An urban structure that protects & privileges houses over housing (#Yellowbelt) impacts supply and affordability. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 12. Development by negotiation rather than by as-of-right introduces huge time lag & soft costs to new housing. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 13. Gentrification and inadequate protection of certain types of affordable rental units amplify the crisis for many. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 14. Flipping boosts prices & creates no new housing, while removing units from economic access for many. Nothing to do with asylum seekers.
@fordnation 15. Ontario's 'highest and best use' approach to assessment places ⬆️ pressure on land values & housing prices. No link to asylum seekers.
@fordnation 16. This - CMHC's conflation of housing w/home ownership has contributed to an inflationary env׳t for housing costs.
@fordnation 17. Airbnb and similar platforms may effect supply by removing units for short term rentals. Not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 18. OSFI B-20 seems to have shifted market pressure to condominium units, driving price gains. Nothing to do with asylum seekers.
@fordnation 19. Changing lifestyles & preferences - fewer kids; older adults staying in place longer; demand for centrality - but not asylum seekers.
@fordnation 20. There is, for many, a housing crisis. There is a long list of factors affecting housing supply and price. Asylum seekers aren't on it.
