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The Missing Middle with Mike Moffatt and Sabrina Maddeaux
Welcome to the Missing Middle, a podcast about why the middle class in Canada is disappearing. We hope to help you understand why life is becoming unaffordable for so many in this country, and what can be done to reverse course.
The Missing Middle with Mike Moffatt and Sabrina Maddeaux
Eastbound and Outpriced: The Great GTA Family Migration
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.