this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
40 points (95.5% liked)

Canada

8550 readers
1899 users here now

What's going on Canada?



Related Communities


🍁 Meta


πŸ—ΊοΈ Provinces / Territories


πŸ™οΈ Cities / Local Communities

Sorted alphabetically by city name.


πŸ’ SportsHockey

Football (NFL): incomplete

Football (CFL): incomplete

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer


πŸ’» Schools / Universities

Sorted by province, then by total full-time enrolment.


πŸ’΅ Finance, Shopping, Sales


πŸ—£οΈ Politics


🍁 Social / Culture


Rules

  1. Keep the original title when submitting an article. You can put your own commentary in the body of the post or in the comment section.

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage: lemmy.ca


founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I wish he had a Mstdn.ca link on his page.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And given the cost of housing at the moment, breaking even probably isn't enough to lower housing costs.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

It's easier the higher the overall cost of housing. Training more people in trades can be lower labour costs. Doesn't have to follow usual government principle of ultra comfy job to give out as political favours. Affordability due to small size makes it easier to break even while affordable. Just because you target a break even price, doesn't mean you won't sell to highest bidder.

More supply is what lowers cost of housing, and targetting break even gives a pricing advantage over profit/scarcity model. So do decisions prioritizing affordability over luxury.