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Brian Doucet, Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Social Inclusion, University of Waterloo

4 affordable housing strategies that are working in Canada

A city block in Charlottetown. Prince Edward Island is the only province that has full unit-based rent control. (Shutterstock)

Cities like Vienna or Singapore are often referenced in news headlines proposing solutions for Canada’s housing crisis. But the arguments in favour of the strategies employed by these far-away cities often only skim the surface and can be easily dismissed with a response of “this will never work here.”

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