Affordable housing (as implemented in Boston)

[tomh009]

I’d say expecting one of our dominant political parties to do something is far more reasonable than expecting thousands of private employers to just suddenly decide to increase their employees’ wages for no particular reason.

Right. The two main levers are income tax rates (federal and provincial) and the minimum wage (provincial). If income tax rates are increased, the increased government revenues could be used to subsidize housing or otherwise support low-income earners.