@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 months agoWhy it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canadafinancialpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down13
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-23 months agoNobody builds new rental properties that aren’t profitable. I dunno, would you, if you had that kind of money?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•3 months agoIf I were a government? Yes. Because housing people will have far reaching benefits that go beyond short term profits.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoNo, if you were a potential landlord. Rent control implies private landlords, so you can’t just say you wouldn’t become a landlord.
Nobody builds new rental properties that aren’t profitable. I dunno, would you, if you had that kind of money?
If I were a government? Yes. Because housing people will have far reaching benefits that go beyond short term profits.
No, if you were a potential landlord.
Rent control implies private landlords, so you can’t just say you wouldn’t become a landlord.