North Of Fair

Canada’s Housing Blueprint Ignored: 37 Solutions, Zero Action

In this episode host Doug discusses Gregor Craigie book Our Crumbling Foundation — 37 evidence-based recommendations to fix Canada’s housing crisis — and exposes how federal and provincial governments have failed to implement, track, or respond to any of them.
Doug highlights three real-world pathways to deep affordability (Berlin-style co‑ops, Finland’s Housing First, and Paris public‑land redevelopment), shares local homelessness realities in London and Ontario, and argues the barrier isn’t ideas but political will and accountability.
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our crumbling foundation housing
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Six Years, Zero Homes: Ontario’s Affordability Crisis Exposed

Host Doug examines six years of Ontario legislation that sped up development but failed to fund or guarantee deeply affordable housing, highlighting the consequences for renters and families across Ontario and Canada.The episode looks at projects in Vancouver and Toronto where promised below‑market units are being scrapped, rising homelessness and evictions, and the broader trend of policy prioritizing speed over long‑term affordability.Doug discusses concrete solutions—durable affordability mandates, public co‑financing, nonprofit partnerships, and land trusts—and urges provincial action to fund and protect housing for those most in need.
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Six Years of Bills Six Years of Nothing
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Canada's Housing reckoning the case for 2.1 million affordable homes
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Emergency declaration vs real solutions Ontario's homelessness reckoning
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The Architecture of Residential Schools
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Once Upon a time; Canada was a housing Champion
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