By the numbers: housing, tax and the FHSA

What the numbers say about wealth, inequality and affordability since the pandemic. Some number-crunching by the Canadian Tax Observatory and the Centre for the Study of Living Standards.

Research examining the impact of housing tax incentives—particularly the FHSA—on Canadian affordability. As more savings from affluent families flow into tax-sheltered accounts, there’s a cost to everyone else.

An analysis led by Tommy Gagné-Dubé and Suzie St-Cerny for the Research Chair in Taxation and Public Finance at the University of Sherbrooke.