{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62471f9b30fb610012001dd0/624e37593bcdbe0012e67196?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Housing Crisis Is Bullsh!t","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62471f9b30fb610012001dd0/1648835288161-8210bf20d6f5f073d0daff4414b42984.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>How can a huge country, largely comprised of undeveloped wilderness, experience one the most profound housing affordability crisis in living memory? Rhys and Jesse wander through the bizarre political landscape that has seen a nation sleepwalk into a manufactured, avoidable crisis, maintained by an unwillingness by leaders to take bold action. And other stuff.</p><p><br></p><p>Leave us a message: https://www.speakpipe.com/canadianpoliticsisboring</p><p>twitch.tv/canadianpoliticsisboring/about</p><p>Instagram: https://bit.ly/3yc6ujz</p><p>Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Wp9IDo</p><p>Our Merch Store: https://bit.ly/3sTWR7Z</p><p>Our Frequency Network Page: https://bit.ly/2UPsvqI</p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><p><em>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Towns_Act_1946</em></p><p><em>https://www.statista.com/statistics/198040/total-number-of-canadian-housing-starts-since-1995/</em></p><p><em>https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/06/19/How-Developers-Sway-Vancouver-Elections/</em></p><p><em>https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/04/03/investigations/developers-ties-ford-government-benefit-highway-413</em></p><p>https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professionals/industry-innovation-and-leadership/industry-expertise/affordable-housing/about-affordable-housing/affordable-housing-in-canada</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Jesse Harley, Rhys Waters "}