Ontario’s family housing crisis is spreading fast, and it’s not just a GTA problem anymore. In this episode of The Missing Middle podcast, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt delve into a new report that reveals how the shortage of family-friendly homes in the GTA is driving young families east and south, reshaping entire regions from Peterborough to Ottawa.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:55 Understanding ground-oriented ownership homes
04:00 The ripple effect of GTA's housing shortage
06:40 Population growth and its impact on housing
09:00 Drive-until-you-qualify: migration patterns
13:29 Future projections for housing needs
16:08 How eastern Ontario should prepare for population growth
18:30 You can’t expect families to change their preferences
19:58 Would Sabrina ever move east?
Research/links:
Read our report here
https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/families-on-the-move-670000-more
Who Really Wins with Return-to-Office Mandates?
https://youtu.be/208zVYQWfh4?si=Gg3hdhPRr_iJItjY
Hosts:
Sabrina Maddeaux https://x.com/SabrinaMaddeaux
Mike Moffatt https://twitter.com/MikePMoffatt https://bsky.app/profile/mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
Producer: Meredith Martin
https://twitter.com/meredithmartin
@meredithmartin.bsky.social
Editor: Sean Foreman
@seanegertonforeman
@seanforeman.bsky.social
Coop Student: Djeima Alicia Ramos
This podcast is funded by the Neptis Foundation https://neptis.org/
Brought to you by the Missing Middle Initiative https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/
Hosted by Mike Moffatt & Cara Stern & Sabrina Maddeaux
Produced by Meredith Martin
This podcast is funded by the Neptis Foundation and brought to you by the Smart Prosperity Institute.
