Generation Squeeze

• Housing affordability in Ontario has eroded faster than any province amid COVID-19: report

  Generation Squeeze found that with current home prices, a new homebuyer would have to work full-time for nearly 22 years to save up enough money for a 20 per cent down payment.

  Economy

  May 18, 2022
  
• Will the parties’ housing plans help affordability in Vancouver? Not quite, critics say

  Despite municipal and provincial efforts like taxes, crackdowns on renovictions and easing red tape, the message is clear: more financial help is needed from the federal government.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2019
  
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• Manitoba millennials priced out of local housing market: study

  The average house price in this province would need to drop by $34,000 for someone 25-34 to be able to afford an 80% mortgage at today's interest rates.

  Money

  Jun 12, 2019
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• Ontario’s economy is 2nd-worst for young people. But it’s the worst on 1 thing: study

  "What kind of growth are we achieving?"

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2017
• Federal budget rains money on seniors … and only drips it on the young: study

  "If we can tolerate a $28 billion deficit but still only find investments for young people that are pretty much rounding errors, come on!"

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2017
• B.C. has Canada’s worst-performing economy for younger generations: report

  It's hard out in B.C. for young people.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2017
• It takes 23 years to save for a down payment in Metro Van, says study

  Another study into Vancouver's housing market has underlined the difficulty young people face in purchasing their first home.

  May 25, 2016
• 2016 federal budget leaves young families, millennials out in the cold, say critics

  Critics say the federal budget does little for young middle-class families and millennials.

  Mar 23, 2016
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• Young Canadians get ‘pocket change’ from federal parties compared to seniors: report

  Canadian under the age of 45 get shafted when it comes to how much money national parties are willing to invest in them, according to Generation Squeeze.

  Lifestyle

  Oct 15, 2015