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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1h

Fantastic piece by Don Iveson on what Edmonton is doing right on housing. There are lots of lessons here for other communities.

The big picture on housing, density and affordability

How Edmonton's approach fights for affordability and fiscal efficiency

civicgood.substack.com

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1d

Today's announcement on the CRA moving closer to the option of auto-filing is a great excuse to post one of my all-time favourite shorts.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1d

The province of Ontario is soliciting comments on Provincial Planning Statement implementation, and boy, do we have thoughts...

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1d

I have to figure you've seen at least one of these movies

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1d

New employment numbers are out. Month-over-month numbers good, but year-over-year numbers show a two-speed Canadian economy, with Ontario falling far behind the rest of the country.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1d

That's unfair, Home Alone was a great movie!

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic piece by John Michael McGrath on our "Families on the Move: 670,000 More Households in Eastern Ontario by 2051" report, and how the GTA is causing a chronic shortage of 3+ bedroom homes across the province.

www.tvo.org/article/...

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 2d

Our latest, Eastbound and Outpriced: The Great GTA Family Migration, explores the growth of Eastern Ontario and the need for family-sized homes, generating 100 comments on YouTube, with only a few about my hair.

Watch and join the conversation here: www.youtube.com/watc...

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 2d

So at 10:30 am, Alex Beheshti and I are testifying to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy about the housing crisis and the need to address the cost-of-delivery crisis.

Here are our opening remarks:

We Can’t Double Homebuilding by Taxing It to Death

Our remarks to the Canadian Senate

www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 3d

My favourite graph from this week's report, which examines how homes are used. Between 2016 and 2021, the supply of ground-oriented ownership homes in Peel+York+Durham+City of Toronto barely budged, because few were built, and pre-existing homes were converted to rentals.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 3d

New episode! In "Eastbound and Unpriced" we look at the incredible population explosion of Eastern Ontario, how the region needs 670,000 more homes by 2051, and the continued outmigration of families from the GTA to the region.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 4d

New report! In "Families on the Move," we examine the rapid population growth in Eastern Ontario and how a persistent shortage of three-bedroom (and larger) homes in the GTA will accelerate this trend.

Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 5d

Coming tomorrow at 6am - our new report, which examines housing needs in Eastern Ontario and how a high quality of life and attainable three-bedroom+ housing are prompting families to relocate to the region, requiring that communities plan accordingly.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 5d

On the most recent episode of "The Hurly Burly", Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson was asked about eliminating the HST on new home sales. Here was his answer.

Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watc...

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 5d

Latest piece by me, at the Hub.

Pre-construction home sales, both condos and single-family, are in decline, and housing starts will follow.

This will cost the fed government more in lost annual revenue than the cost of Build Canada Homes.

Read here:

Mike Moffatt: Falling sales, falling jobs: Why Canada must cut taxes on new homes

Prices are falling, so why is there no new affordable supply of homes?

thehub.ca

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 6d

It does, yes. It's not exclusive intraprovincial migration.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 6d

Spoiler for a report we're releasing on Tuesday. The GTAs housing shortage went province-wide around 2015, well before the pandemic, due to a big jump in non-permanent residents, permanent immigration, and large numbers of families moving in from the GTA (captured in "other").

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 7d

Big thanks to all of our subscribers, and big thanks to the MMI team! Meredith proved me wrong, and we hit 5,000 YouTube subscribers today. Really appreciate the love and support.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks! Appreciated

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 8d

The Missing Middle podcast is only a couple of dozen YouTube subscribers away from reaching 5,000. Meredith thinks we'll get there by the end of the day. I have my doubts.

If you haven't subscribed yet, we'd love it if you could do so!

Subscribe here:

Missing Middle Podcast - YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 9d

Presented to the House Finance Committee yesterday. Received a thoughtful question from MP Ryan Turnbull on why GST rebates should be extended to all owner-occupiers, not just first-time buyers. Here is my response.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 9d

The House Standing Committee on Finance is meeting right now, talking Bill C-4 (including the First-Time Home Buyers’ GST Rebate).

It runs from 4:30-6:30 EST today. I'll be presenting at 5:30.

Watch here:

FINA - Home - House of Commons of Canada

The mandate of the Standing Committee on Finance is to study and report on all matters relating to the mandate, management and operation of selected federal departments and agencies, including the Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency, and to conduct pre-budget consultations.

www.ourcommons.ca

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 10d

If you have evidence that either of those claims are true, I would like to see them.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 10d

Ground-oriented housing is not the same as single-family housing.

Most missing middle housing is ground-oriented.

Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 10d

That is a whole lot different than your earlier claim.

But, yes, I don't think governments should introduce changes to the GST that differentiate based on built form.

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