Where are you reading that? The article says this
The modern-day version of the catalogue will instead focus on low-rise builds, such as small multiplexes, student housing and seniors' residences, then explore a potential catalogue for higher-density construction.
Why not provide interest-free loans on multi-unit construction instead, something that can get built right away?
Is this a substantially different idea from what the feds are already doing? They are currently working with various cities to update zoning laws to allow for easier building of higher density in exchange for the feds spending a bunch of money to subsidize building homes in the city.
Providing interest-free lones to developers feels like a similar program with different pros and cons.
Where are you reading that? The article says this
The modern-day version of the catalogue will instead focus on low-rise builds, such as small multiplexes, student housing and seniors' residences, then explore a potential catalogue for higher-density construction.
This perspective always confuses me. There are thousands of things we need to be doing to help slow down this awful path we're on.
But if we make any progress on any issue that isn't one of the top 10 issues, people come out and make noise as if there is a single person working on solving all these problems, and by them progressing this one thing meant everything else was on hold.
What makes you think this is the only solution being implemented?
It wouldn't surprise me if the biggest factor was just interest rates.
EVs still do tend to cost more than ICE vehicles, and the used market is still pretty new for EVs.
Autotrader is mostly a used car marketplace. So it doesn't really surprise me that after a year where used cars cost more than news ones, and new cars were flipped for immediat profit.
Now that is starting to settle down and people who still can afford a new car just gets it right from a dealership.
The data doesn't seem to support the title of the article.
Am I misreading the data they are sharing in the article?
It shows data that suggests that number of immigrants leaving now is similar to how it's been for the last decade. And the overall rate now is lower than it's been most of the last decade, it's only increased slightly this year for the first time in 4ish years.
Your statement only works if you're also accounting for accidents prevented by lane assist technology. It's also worth factoring in cases where these technologies were able to make an accident less severe.
Thankfully there are modern building codes?