Which could result in layoffs, less hours being worked and such.  

It is a FACT most in the base-line level, which is the biggest segment on layoff's, are receiving MORE via the UI $600 bonus on top of IU benefits, or the $1,200 per person payout, and how ever more payouts to come.

ya and when the inverted curve is being normalized, say 30y is higher than 2y then that's the sign that recession and stock market crash is always happening hahaha ;-) it's very counter intuitive, we are in similar time to where bear stearns being wiped out in 2008thing is , we are at the longest inverted curve ever for the last 30 years so chance are actually higher, but since everyone is waiting for that, it may happen (or not) lolone thing for sure is we have more layoffs in 2024 and that would impact physiologically speaking how investor put their money moving forward.Layoffs + still very high cost of capital.

Layoffs in mortgage started in May 2022.

I was laid off as part of a group layoff 3 weeks before the end of the year….so I missed it by 3 weeks.  

I know a lot of offices in Calgary and Edmonton were vacant and there were lots of lay offs. 

We don't know how many sectors are going to be hit hard (hospitals are laying healthcare workers off) and if you are relying on another job's income to cover your issues (like when the place doesn't have a tenant, when you underestimate costs, when someone trashes your place, you have a large dollar repair that is needed, you have to hire an attorney for an eviction or a lawsuit) instead of a healthy amount of cash or liquid assets; that could really rock your finances when a lay-off happens at the same time an expected one-time hit comes (those things above happen - and never at a good time).I wouldn't take on debt for additional real estate investment unless you had at least 6 months of your monthly expenses (all those debt payments) in the bank and don't touch it. 

While I see the struggles of the working class in America who have been systematically screwed by the system for decades, stealing housing ala Robin Hood is a really stupid way to try to alleviate the issue.

I was convinced that COVID-19 would send home prices to the moon and also create enough buying opportunity with all the layoffs.

Another option is to simply open a brokerage account (Webull, robinhood, fidelity, M1 finance are all good) and start putting your money in an index fund.