Custom homes? 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 sqft.
Doesn't say that anywhere.
I'd like to meet these immigrants wanting custom homes upon arrival.
Common are they?
Yes - i'm sure all of them would love to have one. Who wouldn't.
But - the fact is there aren't enough custom homes, non custom homes, semi custom homes or homes customized in any way. There just aren't enough homes. As i've shown, even if you matched up all the homes with all the people and got rid of the geography issues there would still be a serious shortage.
So all your twisting and turning aside, at the end of the day there's not enough homes. And that's not just for new immigrants arriving today - thats' for 6 months from now when they have a little one on the way and need more space, or when they bring in their grandparents or families. And it's also for the last of the millenials and Gen Z who are just getting old enough to want to move away from home and have their own place to rent - part of the great Canadian dream - but they can't and they're stuck in their parents house till they're 40 or stuck having to rent a 2 br place with 3 other people.
And pretending this is going to get fixed if we just hired habitat for humanity which can turn out a complete house from scratch every 2 days is just laughable.
Getting rid of the 'gatekeepers' as PP says will help, but that means we go from 3-4 years to maybe if we're lucky 2 for a developer to turn out condos/townhouses. So PP is probably 3 years away, even if he can magically address that day one we won't feel the effects for at least 2 years after that, so it's half a decade till it would even make any difference. And he can't address it day one.
IF we don't start making this a provincial and federal emergency similar to climate change then by the time someone gets in who might fix it, the situation will be severe. it's already severe really and it'll get worse, and it will take a half generation to get a handle on it at that point.
And that's before we even get in to schools and hospitals. ( Let me guess - you're company can turn out a brand new hospital in 75 days?)