RehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkRent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117www.cbc.caRehRomano@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSlikPikker@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year ago You cannot redistribute your way out of a shortage. There are more empty buildings than homeless people. There are “investment properties” sitting empty all over. The problem is the greed of the parasitic landlord class.
minus-squarePxtl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago There are more empty buildings than homeless people This is a myth. What “empty building” studies usually cover is buildings that have no usual occupant. That includes things like student houses where the occupants still have a “home address”.
minus-squarePowerpoint@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago30% of Canadians are domestic speculators. This isn’t a myth, it’s a fact.
minus-squareSlikPikker@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoLandlords are still parasites.
There are more empty buildings than homeless people. There are “investment properties” sitting empty all over.
The problem is the greed of the parasitic landlord class.
This is a myth. What “empty building” studies usually cover is buildings that have no usual occupant. That includes things like student houses where the occupants still have a “home address”.
30% of Canadians are domestic speculators. This isn’t a myth, it’s a fact.
Landlords are still parasites.