“We’re not so much in a housing crisis; we are in an affordability crisis.”
That was the observation this week from Rob Flack, the province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
He was speaking Monday afternoon at Geerlinks Home Hardware, as he toured several of the outlets in Elgin-Middlesex-London with Home Hardware President and CEO Ian White (second from right in the photo below).
For the St. Thomas stop, they were joined by Mayor Joe Preston and homebuilder Doug Tarry.
Flack continued, “And everybody knows that things are expensive in this world these days. Everything has gone up in price, especially housing.
And when that happens, people put their thumb on the pause button, Number 1.
