Day 3: DEMAND SIDE: EXAMINING THE UNDERDISCUSSED SIDE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND

DEMAND SIDE: EXAMINING THE UNDERDISCUSSED SIDE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Markets are defined by supply and demand, and yet the demand side of the housing affordability crisis in the GTA gets much less airtime. Myriad demand pressures and incentives are at play in our housing market. What are these pressures, and how is public policy at each level of government contributing to the region’s affordability challenges or solutions in both the ownership and rental markets?

Moderator: Cherise Burda, Executive Director, City Building Research and Innovation, Toronto Metropolitan University

Shaun Hildebrand, President, Urbanation Inc.

Tobias Oriwol, Vice President, Investments, Tricon Residential Inc.

John Pasalis, President and Broker, Realosophy Realty Inc.

Steve Pomeroy, Industry Professor, and Executive Advisor, McMaster University, Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC) and Senior Research Fellow, Carleton University