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Alexander Wray, PhD Candidate in Geography, Western University

Student housing crisis: Municipal bylaws have created roadblocks for decades

Researchers examined 15 Ontario municipalities with a major university campus, and found only one (Waterloo) had adopted plans designed to accommodate student housing near the campus. Student-oriented housing under construction in Waterloo, Ont., in 2016. (Evelyn Hofmann), Author provided

University and college students have become a flashpoint in Canada’s national housing crisis.

The federal government is considering a limit on international study permits, something opposed by Universities Canada and scholars and advocates concerned about scapegoating international students for the housing shortage.

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