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"which is impossible"
I beg to differ. In Alberta, three years ago I bought a home for 65,000. Two months ago I bought another one for 60,000. The second one needs some love but it's livable. I'm currently building a small alleyway home by combining two used buildings and the final cost will be under 30,000.
It IS possible - with some sweat equity - but not in Toronto or Vancouver, thats for sure.
So you buying places where nobody wants to live and doing all the construction yourself is somehow proof that it's possible to build affordable housing for everyone?
Give your head a shake.
Nobody wants to live in Alberta? Did we mention that Alberta has the HIGHEST interprovincial migration of any province in Canada? We're building as fast as we can cause there are so many people moving here.
And yes, all the skills Ive learned over the years are now on youtube and can be learned by anyone. My first house gained about 25% in value because I painted it, cleaned up the yard, and built a tiny 4 x 8 front porch and then waited a couple of years to sell it. Not rocket science, just takes some work.
You sure as shit didn't buy a property for $60k in Calgary or Edmonton, which is where most of the jobs are, and where people want to live.
And, on top of that, housing prices are STILL rising in those two cities compared to last year.
I will say it again, we CANNOT build ourselves out of the housing issue we're in right now. It simply isn't possible.
Calgary and Edmonton are the two main centers but not everyone wants to pay the price for living in a big city. There are lots of jobs in smaller centers.
But here's the thing. You can move to Calgary but you're going to need to buy a house for at least 600,000. OR you can move to a smaller center and get a house for one tenth of that price.
Now look at the difference in mortgage payments at 5.25%. The Calgary house is going to be 3400. The small town mortgage is going to be $340.
Which means in the small town, you can buy a house paying your mortgage working a minimum wage job and still have money to spare, but in Calgary you better be making over 100k if you hope to qualify for that 600k house.
Sometimes small town living just makes far more financial sense. Especially when youre in driving distance to a bigger city.