If working families continue to pay a disproportionate amount of their after tax income to put a roof over their heads because of high housing costs (rent and own) then that means considerably less money to support other aspects of the local economy. (And down the line more future retirees who have been unable to save and will now rely on government top-ups).

It also means taxpayers will have to dig deeper and deeper to cover the escalating  costs of social housing and rent subsidies for the disabled and the poor. Not to mention the spectre of more tent cities not only in metro Vancouver, but in other areas of the province.

Point 4 - housing affordability - has to be properly addressed.  That could mean high taxes on offshore ownership to reduce the number of homes used as a piggy bank, that could mean taxes to curb speculation and flipping, and that could mean addressing empty housing units.