RehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoOpinion: It’s not that we have too many people. It’s that we have too few houseswww.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down110cross-posted to: canadapolitics@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: It’s not that we have too many people. It’s that we have too few houseswww.theglobeandmail.comRehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: canadapolitics@lemmy.ca
minus-squaresaigot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agothat seems a bit self fulfilling, most people aren’t homeless, so of course the average household size is greater than the number of people per house. That doesn’t mean that they are in a happy or affordable position.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s exactly my point. It’s not about a lack of houses in general, but a lack of housing in specific places and a lack of affordability in housing. And yeah, facts have a way of being kind of obvious when you look at the figures.
that seems a bit self fulfilling, most people aren’t homeless, so of course the average household size is greater than the number of people per house. That doesn’t mean that they are in a happy or affordable position.
That’s exactly my point.
It’s not about a lack of houses in general, but a lack of housing in specific places and a lack of affordability in housing.
And yeah, facts have a way of being kind of obvious when you look at the figures.