A Primer on Financialization of Housing in Canada 

20 Sep 2023 – The financialization of housing and its impact on a growing cross section of Canadians has been a notable focus in public discourse, but financialization is an idea that can be hard to understand. In this article, we provide an overview of the complex housing policy issue and its key characteristics, how financialized housing markets came to be in the 1970s, 80, and 90s, the subsequent consequences if financialization in the 2000s, 10s and 20s, and our vision for a path forward to address housing affordability and mitigate the impacts of financialization in Canada.