How Do I Avoid Buying a Home Just Before the Market Falls + Can I Rent and Still Invest in Real Estate? — ‘The Situation’ Consumer Q&A

Urmi talks to Eric Lombardi in the third interview in our series on the supply-side zoning, planning, social and political issues that are cited as being one of the key drivers of the Toronto Area’s housing affordability crisis.

As a young professional who works in a non-housing industry or related capacity in the financial sector in Toronto, Eric is a passionate citizen about housing issues, and importantly, part of the very generation that many worry are being squeezed out of market housing due to lack of affordability.

As a key leader in Toronto’s YIMBY (the “Yes, in My Backyard”) movement and the “More Neighbours Toronto” volunteer organization, Eric is very knowledgeable and thoughtful about how things need to change if we are to build the number of homes experts say are required to make a dent in easing our housing availability and affordability crisis in all sectors — market, affordable and shelter, a view embodied by the ‘More Neighbours Toronto’ call to action that “Every Level of Government Can Do More.”

Eric and Urmi talk about what needs to be done at all levels of government, what solutions Eric thinks are most promising and how he responds to criticisms of these approaches.

Follow Eric on Twitter: @EricDLombardi

More Neighbours Toronto: https://www.moreneighbours.ca

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