#Justin Trudeau offers no timeline for first-time home buyer bill

#Justin Trudeau offers no timeline for first-time home buyer bill

“Justin Trudeau offers no timeline for first-time home buyer bill” Politics Insider for April 22: Poilievre turns attention to affordable housing; Russia bans a bunch of Canadians; and a call to replace 24 Sussex Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. CTV asked Pierre Poilievre…

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#Mayor Adams can finally fix the rent-hike process de Blasio politicized

#Mayor Adams can finally fix the rent-hike process de Blasio politicized

“Mayor Adams can finally fix the rent-hike process de Blasio politicized” This time every year, rent-stabilized-apartment owners prepare for a rent-guidelines process they call everything from “politically motivated” to “a charade.” We hope this time will be different. As the New York City Rent Guidelines Board begins Thursday its annual exercise of establishing guidelines for…

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#Want to buy a house? Don’t bother checking the foundations.

#Want to buy a house? Don’t bother checking the foundations.

“Want to buy a house? Don’t bother checking the foundations.” In May 2021, Molly Fleming and her brother Matthew leaped into southern Ontario’s pandemic-fuelled real estate frenzy, buying a postwar bungalow in Hamilton they intended to use as an investment property. First-time homebuyers both, they paid above the $500,000 asking price for the modest property….

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