{"id":15495,"date":"2018-04-23T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T14:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/?p=15495"},"modified":"2018-04-24T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T14:59:58","slug":"support-remains-strong-fair-housing-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/support-remains-strong-fair-housing-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Year Later: Support Remains Strong For Fair Housing Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was one year ago that the Ontario government unveiled its 16-part \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/ontario-to-get-foreign-buyer-tax-as-fair-housing-plan-revealed\/\">Fair Housing Plan<\/a>\u201d, blindsiding buyers and sellers and effectively chilling \u00a0housing markets throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH).<\/p>\n<p>The pack of measures was announced by Premier Kathleen Wynne on April 20, 2017 in Toronto\u2019s Liberty Village neighbourhood. Flanked by provincial finance minister Charles Sousa and Aurora-Newmarket MPP Chris Ballard, she revealed Ontario would introduce\u00a0its own foreign buyer\u2019s tax (called the Non-Resident Speculation Tax), as well as new rent controls\u00a0for all units within the province.<\/p>\n<p>The psychological market reaction was swift. Home prices within the Greater Toronto Area plunged 20.3 per cent by May, a decline that remained consistent throughout the following months; March 2018 sales measure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/gta-march-home-sales-fall-40-from-2017-treb\/\">40 per cent below<\/a> last year\u2019s historic activity.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, sentiments on the plan were mixed. Some felt the government had no place meddling in the free market, with others felt it was just the right medicine to cool unsustainable conditions; home prices had soared 33 per cent year over year in March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 12 months in, do Canadians feel positively about the Ontario Fair Housing Plan as well as measures introduced in other markets?<\/p>\n<p>To find out, <a href=\"https:\/\/marketing.zoocasa.com\/zoocasa-housing-trends-report-2018-hot-issues.pdf\">Zoocasa surveyed 1,431 respondents<\/a> from across Canada for our\u00a0second annual\u00a0Housing Trends Report. Here\u2019s what Canadians have to say regarding foreign buyer\u2019s taxes and rent cap measures.<\/p>\n<h2>Support Remains Strong for Foreign Buyer&#8217;s Tax<\/h2>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s NRST follows in the footsteps of British Columbia\u2019s foreign buyer&#8217;s tax, charging an additional 15 per cent on home purchases made by non-citizens or non-permanent residents within the GGH. (BC has since expanded its tax to 20 per cent, and increased the affected geographic area beyond Metro Vancouver.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve heard from economists and realtors, and we know that a 33 \u2013 40% (home price) increase is a new reality in this region, and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve worked to put together a plan to address these concerns,\u201d stated Wynne as she announced the tax. \u201cWe have determined a non-resident speculation tax is needed because this speculation needs to be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Affected buyers who become citizens or permanent residents within a year\u2019s time, or are\u00a0enrolled in a full-time two-year post-secondary course, receive a full rebate on the tax.<\/p>\n<p>However, the only hard data on foreign ownership suggests its impact is minimal &#8211; numbers from Statistics Canada and the CMHC reveal it accounts for just 3.4 per cent of homeownership in Toronto and 4.8 per cent in Vancouver. Despite this, survey results reveal Canadians are strongly in support of taxing foreign buyers at 68 per cent,\u00a0relatively unchanged from the 69 per cent reported last year.<\/p>\n<p>Further, perception persists that foreign buyers are responsible for driving prices higher in Canada\u2019s hottest markets; 59 per cent believe this to be true, slightly lower from 61 per cent in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps not surprisingly, support for a foreign buyer&#8217;s tax is strongest among\u00a0British Columbia respondents at 77 per cent (+ 1 per cent from 2017), followed by 70 per cent in Ontario, flat from last year.<\/p>\n<p>As was the case with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/over-half-of-canadians-support-a-foreign-buyer-tax-zoocasa-housing-trends-report\/\">Zoocasa\u2019s 2017 findings<\/a>, support for such a tax extends beyond markets where foreign investment is considered an issue.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-five per cent of Albertans supported a tax, despite only 40 per cent agreeing foreign ownership impacts home prices in their region. Sixty-seven per cent of respondents from Saskatchewan and Manitoba were in support, with 51 per cent agreeing it was an issue, while 58 per cent of Atlantic respondents reported support, despite only 30 per cent feeling foreign ownership impacted their local affordability.<\/p>\n<p><img \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Foreign-Buyer-Tax-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15496 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Foreign-Buyer-Tax-1.png\" alt=\"Foreign Buyer Tax \" width=\"1030\" height=\"749\" data-id=\"15496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Foreign-Buyer-Tax-1.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Foreign-Buyer-Tax-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Foreign-Buyer-Tax-1-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Foreign-Buyer-Tax-1-1024x745.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, support for a foreign buyer&#8217;s tax has declined considerably in Quebec, from 77 per cent in 2017 to 47 per cent this year, with slightly fewer respondents (48 per cent from 50 per cent) feeling it impacts market prices. The Montreal housing market, which is not subject to a foreign buyer&#8217;s tax, has been particularly hot over the last year, drawing speculation that it may have become an investment destination for out-of-country buyers turned off by the taxes now in place in Ontario and BC.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more perplexing is that while respondents report clear support for a foreign buyer\u2019s tax, they don\u2019t necessarily feel it\u2019s effective. Just 5 per cent of British Columbia respondents agree affordability has improved in their region as a result, with 63 per cent disagreeing, and 32 per cent unsure. In Ontario, 16 per cent of respondents believe the tax has helped affordability, with 47 per cent disagreeing, and 37 per cent unsure.<\/p>\n<h2>Rent Controls: Harming or Helping?<\/h2>\n<p>The introduction of over-arching rent controls for all units in Ontario was a game changer, and remains one of the most heavily debated aspects of the FHP. All rents are now capped at the provincially-mandated annual increase, regardless of when they were built, or whether they\u2019re privately-owned units or rental-purpose dwellings. Previously, only units built or introduced to the rental market prior to 1991 were rent protected, leading to a two-tiered system that allowed landlords of newer to raise rent as much as they wished upon lease renewal.<\/p>\n<p>With Toronto\u2019s rental vacancy rate falling to 1 per cent \u2013 well below what\u2019s considered sustainable &#8211; this led to astronomical rent hikes, in some case, of 100-per cent or more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that families on tight budgets are feeling the pinch of dramatically rising prices as the rental and real estate market struggle to keep up with demand,\u201d stated Chris Ballard. \u201cIt will make everyday life more predictable and fair for Ontarians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the measure was applauded by tenants everywhere, the development industry was quick to cast its criticism, saying the cap would ultimately shrink available supply and push rents even higher. They argued private investors would be less inclined to rent their units out, while rental-purpose projects would be cancelled or modified; in fact, since the announcement, 1,000 planned rental units have been shut down, or redeveloped as ownership condos.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zoocasa\u2019s data, thought, Canadians feel rent control is working, with more than half Ontario respondents agreeing their affordability has improved; 56 per cent agreed, 25 per cent are unsure, and 19 per cent disagree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rent-Caps-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rent-Caps-1.png\" alt=\"Rent Caps \" width=\"962\" height=\"412\" data-id=\"15497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rent-Caps-1.png 962w, https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rent-Caps-1-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rent-Caps-1-768x329.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, more than a third of Ontarians believe the rent caps have increased rent prices overall \u2013 36 per cent agree, while 40 per cent are unsure, and 24 per cent disagree.<\/p>\n<p>They also worry that the new guidelines will make it harder for them to find an affordable unit should they move, with 47 per cent in agreeance, 33 per cent not sure, and 21 per cent disagreeing.<\/p>\n<p>And, while the new rent caps have convinced 57 per cent of renting respondents to remain in their units for longer (27 per cent said they were unsure, while 16 per cent disagreed), they haven\u2019t changed their minds regarding homeownership; 54 per cent disagree they\u2019re less interested in buying a home, while 25 per cent aren\u2019t sure, and 21 per cent agree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can view or download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/company\/press\/housing-report-2018\">full report on Canadian homeownership and renting sentiments here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was one year ago that the Ontario government unveiled its 16-part \u201cFair Housing Plan\u201d, blindsiding buyers and sellers and effectively chilling \u00a0housing markets throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH). The pack of measures was announced by Premier Kathleen Wynne on April 20, 2017 in Toronto\u2019s Liberty Village neighbourhood. 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