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Retirement spaces—okay if it's expected that citizens will live there long-term.
Student residences—specifically intended to be used only for a short, fixed term. These do need to be built, but they are not housing for any useful definition of housing.
They should be built by the universities and colleges that profit off the students. They certainly should not be getting subsidized or funded by government as a "housing stimulus" which is what I am worried will happen if they count student residences as housing.
@FireRetardant @nyan That said being in a university city they chew up a grotesque amount of available housing.
That would depend on the higher order effects of constructing more student housing. Will it lead to more students coming into the province to study or more of those who already live in the city to move out? If yes, then that needs to be accounted for. If not, then it makes sense to count this like any other housing because students will still need a place to stay and will be competing with other residents for the same rentals, thus lowering supply. More student housing means more of other rentals available on the market.
It would also depend on whether or not there's already enough student housing available. There's no point in building more if there aren't enough interested students to fill it.