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While you are struggling to make rent, boomers are installing elevators in their homes. (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by secretfoxtail@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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From CTV News (Bell Media):

"It might seem pretty rare to find a house with an elevator, but chances are higher you might find one in Calgary these days."

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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Honestly I was thinking of how things are for my family in LA, where house prices are so bonkers that its legitimately cheaper to renovate (although part of that probably also stems from the local tax law limiting property tax increases for existing homeowners) but that's really my only secondhand experience with a truly unaffordable housing market so I don't know how transferrable that is