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[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I don't think anyone can say the current federal government has done anything but shrugged off responsibly for housing affordability even though they campaigned on it and thrown money at the problem.

In this instance they're just getting Canadian to tie in even more of their future financial well being into their dwellings.

The federal government will allow 30-year amortization periods on insured mortgages for certain first-time homebuyers, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Thursday.

Freeland also said the government will nearly double to $60,000 the amount first-time home buyers can withdraw from RRSPs to buy a home. That's up from $35,000, to take effect April 16, the day the federal budget is set to be released.

[–] ram 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Housing is the jurisdiction of the provinces. There's limited latitude with which the Federal government can act.

They're not using those enough, but let's not act like it's all the fed, and not the provinces choosing to fuck us over too.

[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Much of the tax system that favors using housing as a investment is from the federal level as well as the demand side. You get taxed more for building average dwelling then you would flipping a place.

At no point did I state it was entirely the federal governments fault, they're the ones that said they would do something about it.

Main federal parties all say they'll make housing more affordable. Here's what we know about their plans

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