Can more housing supply resolve the affordability crisis in Vancouver?

Three UBC professors say government should address both demand and supply to effectively improve affordability in Vancouver.

In a Globe and Mail op-ed, Thomas Davidoff and Tsur Somerville, with UBC’s Sauder School of Business, and Joshua D. Gottlieb, with UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics, applauded the move to increase density in single-family areas but said the true impact “will depend on whether the new strategy relaxes regulations in a meaningful way.”