Our Crumbling Foundation
How We Solve Canada's Housing Crisis
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF BC BOOK PRIZE GEORGE RYGA AWARD FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS
FINALIST FOR THE BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY
FINALIST FOR THE BC BOOK AWARDS HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZE
A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK
A HILL TIMES BEST BOOK
An urgent and illuminating examination of the unrelenting housing crisis Canadians find ourselves facing, by Balsillie Prize finalist and CBC Radio host Gregor Craigie, Our Crumbling Foundation offers real-life solutions from around the world and hope for new housing innovation in the face of seemingly impossible obstacles.
Canada is experiencing a housing shortage. Although house prices in major Canadian cities appeared to have topped out, new housing isn’t coming onto the market quickly enough. Higher interest rates have only tightened the pressure on buyers, and renters, too,…