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Back to Basics Housing with E4House

Housing was a major talking point leading up to Canada’s most recent federal election. Eliminating GST for first-time homebuyers, building more affordable homes, selling fifteen percent of federally-owned buildings to free up more land for construction; a number of solutions were suggested by the leaders of each political party. It was to be expected, as for many Canadians, housing is a serious sore spot and source of anxiety.

Making housing more affordable and accessible is part of bettering the lives of Canadians, but if more housing is to be built, what kind will it be? And where? Invariably, driving north out of Toronto shows what ongoing development could look like—agricultural land, fields, and forests being turned into suburbs adjacent to strip malls. Every person needs a home and nearby amenities, but it makes one wonder if there’s a different approach to making that a reality.

While talk of renovation for old apartment buildings and houses is perhaps more likely to come up in the Estonian context than a housing crisis, which we hear so much about in Canada, Estonia does experience affordability issues like Canada, when salaries don’t align with the cost of housing in urban areas like Tallinn.

Thus, any suggested strategies regarding efficient housing ought to be considered, regardless of which side of the ocean one lives on.

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