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Early public housing policy in Canada consisted of public-private lending schemes which focused on expanding home ownership among the middle class. [1] The first major housing initiative in Canada was the Dominion Housing Act of 1935, which increased the amount of credit available for mortgage loans. [1]
The Bank of Canada began hiking interest rates on March 2 2022. [63] Later that same month, Oxford Economics forecasted a 24% drop in Canadian home prices by mid-2024, unless higher interest rates and anti-speculation policies fail. Were home prices to rise further (in this latter scenario), a crash of 40% and a financial crisis was to be expected.
During the 2021 federal election campaign the Liberal Party of Canada again pledged to introduce a Home Savings Account for Canadians up to age 40 to contribute up to $40,000. Like the RHOSP, money contributed to the account would result in a deduction from taxable income and withdrawals would be tax-free if used to acquire a dwelling.
The average price of a home in Canada increased 17.1% to $779,000 in Q4 2021 compared to Q4 2020, according to a Royal LePage survey. [113] A 13 January 2022 Bank of Canada report examined three types of buyers in Canada, first-time home buyers (FTHBs), repeat homebuyers, and investors or multiple residential property owners. [114]
Around Europe, debates around generational inequalities have been the subject of several news outlets. Regarding ownership inequality in Europe, data points to a positive relationship between age and home ownership. In England, those over 65 owned 35.8% of all houses in 2022, while they only represented 18.6% of the population in 2021. [21]
Instead, the study of economic history in Canada is highly focused on economic geography, and for many years the dominant school of thought has been the staples thesis. This school of thought bases the study of the Canadian economy on the study of natural resources.
Assuming a home cost of P dollars, yearly interest rate r fixed over N years, marginal income tax rate , property tax rate (assumed to be 0.5–2% of P), and yearly maintenance cost rate (assumed to be 0.5–1% of P), the monthly cost of home ownership is approximately [1]
Today, discrimination on the basis of property ownership is commonly seen as a serious threat to the equal enjoyment of human rights by all and non-discrimination clauses in international human rights instruments frequently include property as a ground on the basis of which discrimination is prohibited (see the right to equality before the law ...