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Re:Canada to ban foreigners from buying homes by joshlemer on Thursday April 07, 2022 @02:25PM (#30948460)
Nonsense. It is simple supply and demand. If we build on a scale not seen for generations, and eliminate tax benefits to owning (the principal residence tax exemption), then prices will come down.
Re:Canada to ban foreigners from buying homes by hello_popppet on Thursday April 07, 2022 @02:44PM (#30948700)
That’s not going to happen. We have had this discussion on HN for a decade now. People are misled by “it’s simple, solve for X.”