The housing crisis plus other letters, Aug. 18: ‘The best thing I can do to provide for my children in the distant future is to buy real estate and rent it out’

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A for sale sign is displayed outside a home in Toronto in December, 2021.CARLOS OSORIO/Reuters

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Charities helping higher-income Canadians buy houses: Canadian real estate news for July 29

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This week’s top real estate and housing news.Alex Rothe/Alexander Rothe

Here are The Globe and Mail’s top housing and real estate stories this week, with the lowest mortgage rates available in Canada today, commentary