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​Tourists in the center of Madrid, Spain, on May 19, 2025.
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Graphic Truth: Are families earning enough to buy homes?
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Graphic Truth: Are families earning enough to buy homes?

Over the past two decades, home prices in the US and Canada have skyrocketed, and household incomes haven’t kept up. As both countries face housing shortages, the issue has made its way to the center of politics on both sides of the border.

The Supreme Court tackles homeless right to sleep outside
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The Supreme Court tackles homeless right to sleep outside

The Supreme Court is set to issue rulings on government power, including the power of cities to remove homeless encampments and the power of federal agencies to interpret Congress's laws.

​Houses are seen under construction in a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Betting big on housing

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is going all-in on housing. The government has been rolling out announcements ahead of the official budget drop on April 16, a departure from the tradition of politicos trying to keep a tight lid on plans.

FILE PHOTO: People walk on the grounds of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020.
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Ottawa caps visas for foreign students

The Trudeau government is shutting the door to hundreds of thousands of foreign students.

New university graduates line-up in a hall before convocation in Ontario, Canada.
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Foreign students get caught up in Canada’s housing crisis

As Canada’s housing crisis continues – with the average selling price up 6% in six months, to CA$668,754, and the average 1 bedroom rental price at CA$2,078 – policymakers are looking at the effect of international students on prices. Last year, Canada saw over 800,000 international students arrive in a country of roughly 40 million people, over half of whom ended up in Ontario. In 2022, nearly 1 in 48 people in Canada were international students on a study permit.

Broken housing markets could shape US and Canadian elections
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Broken housing markets could shape US and Canadian elections

The United States and Canada share hundreds of billions in annual trade, a deep defense relationship, the world’s longest undefended land border, and an affordability crisis that threatens to upend political fortunes. At the heart of that problem is housing.