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  1. <Food and shelters are basic living essentials.> But you're still not entitled to them. Neither are you entitled to demand that someone else provide it against his/her will for free if not at a steep discount.
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  2. <Hearing a landlord complain that the tenant is not paying rent shows that the landlord does not understand the relationship between incomes and rents and as such I have no sympathy for these people> Just like tenants don't understand that the rising rents are a consequence of rising costs to keep the rental unit operational. The property and land taxes, mortgages and interest rates, utility costs, repair and maintenance, insurance, etc.
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  3.  @finn6988  Housing is not a right. There's a reason why landlords and property-owners don't rent or sell to just anyone.
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  4. And public housing = slums.
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  5. But most won't because the other places are not as desirable. It's either Toronto, Vancouver or bust.
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  6. And tenants are entitled losers. You don't have the right to live in a place you can't afford.
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  7. Not really. Federal and provincial governments are part of the problem.
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  8.  @A99-b6h  The poster didn't come from privilege.
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  9. Entitled tenant.
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  10.  @Deruwugen  Says who?
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  11. @The Great Gazoo Who's the right people?
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  12. <Like Finland we could through the Canada Pension Fund > And leave people without a pension by the time they reach eligibility age.
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  13. Just like no sympathy for tenants. Step your budgeting game up.
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  14.  @TheClownWorldShow  Pretty much. Also conservative politicians. Yet the cities they're complaining about not being able to afford to live in are as liberal/left-wing as they come.
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  15. Government restrictions.
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  16. Due to construction costs, permit fees, etc.
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  17. Because due to local zoning laws, those are the only high-density housing they're legally allowed to build in the city.
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  18. <Housing is a human right.> Says who? <Tenants have rights.> So do landlords. <It is not a human right for arseholes like the big landlord in this story to make more money.> Actually yes it is as he was the one who put up the money to buy the property.
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  19. <renters cannot.> They should have save some of their money and bought the property themselves. It's not the landlords' fault that a lot of renters rather party and BS barely getting by than invest in their own futures.
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  20. Empathy doesn't pay utility bills, insurance premiums, repair and maintenance fees, mortgage or property taxes.
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  21.  @mauriceharting5877  And left countless countries including Russia bankrupt.
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  22.  @mauriceharting5877  <It requires politicians and the public sector to sacrifice some of their financial advantages when compared to the private sector by lowering their salaries with the result of lowering taxes> And laying off public-sector workers.
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  23. Black people need to think beyond just being workers and renters always at the mercy of others.
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  24.  @katherinespencer2073  Exactly.
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  25. And tenants have no clue or sense.
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  26. No it isn't.
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  27.  @robocop581  <They're willing to sacrifice for the future.> While Canadians rather sacrifice their futures for that comfortable lifestyle right now.
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  28. Since when was housing a right? <The banks put up blockades and the credit bureau puts up exclusions. Both together make for good gate keeping. > And rightfully so. They don't owe anyone credit or mortgage.
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  29. No. That would be the Canadian government. And landlords are no more greedier than tenants with no sense deludedly thinking they have the right to live in the most expensive part of town for cheap.
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  30.  @kimmansour7160  Hardly. Renters pay only one person while property-owners pay different numbers of people as the bills come separately.
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  31. How is it greed when landlords are facing rising property taxes, insurance premiums, mortgages, etc. ?
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  32. <the problem is greed and selfishness> Including that of tenants who think they're entitled to live in a place they don't own and can't afford.
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  33. While socialists are both wicked and incompetent. That's why they are not to be trusted with power.
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  34. Van life is great only if you're willing to do without an assume all the costs yourself.
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  35.  @daebak_hana  Government = the ultimate landlord.
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  36. Same with the TAL in Montreal.
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  37. <The government is doing nothing> Because they're property-owners themselves and make money off of property and land taxes.
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  38. My co-op board of directors said the same thing at the last general meeting. The co-op lost a lot of money having to deal with bad tenants.
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  39.  @murrproductions9654  Just like no one's going to give tenants any sympathy for their inability to manage their finances being the cause of why they can't pay the rent in a timely manner.
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  40.  @KennethYimHomes  Namely on whatever's still around.
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  41. But they can do something about their personal finances.
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  42. Just like I can't feel too bad for the short-sighted frivolous renters who can't budget for squat but expect the landlord to cut them some slack.
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  43.  @blobtv7444  ROFL
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  44.  @murrproductions9654  Don't rent then. It's not the landlord's fault you didn't have the foresight or sense to sacrifice for your future opting to live it up in the present.
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  45. <and their incomes dont increase when rent increases.> That's not the landlord's problem. Renters need to take that up with workplace management.
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  46. They'll do that when tenants learn how to live within their means so they can afford the rent or better yet buy their own house.
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  47.  @kevinstfort  <They aren’t interested in profit (or large profit), their interest is on the welfare of its society. > LOL. Don't be naive. Government is very much interested in profit. There's a reason why they got out of the social housing business and most social housing suffers from mismanagement, neglect and underfunding.
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  48. Landlords caused nothing. <by pricing almost everyone out of renting for the sake of unmitigated greed.> In response to the high property taxes, land values, repair and maintenance costs, mortgage and interest, insurance premiums, etc. imposed on them by the government, bank and (provincially-run) utility companies.
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  49.  @greg6500  Yes it does along with high demand from people willing and able to pay the higher prices.
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  50. <A home is a necessity> But it's still not a right as no one owes you one.
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  51.  @hyena280  There's barely anything socialist about Canada as Canada is by and large a free-market country.
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  52. <as we have with Healthcare> And so far how has that worked out with Canadians being unable to get a family doctor or timely procedures sometimes having to go the US for such?
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  53. So are tenants.
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  54. Not really. They're not responsible for some tenant's frivolous spending habits or lack of ability or desire to get something better.
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  55. London and New York are world-class cities and they have plenty of homelessness to go around.
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  56. Starting with the government itself.
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  57. Along with entitled tenants.
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  58. They corrupted nothing. Local zoning laws is the reason for the lack of "affordable" housing being built.
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  59.  @murrproductions9654  But Canada is a free country. The poster has no obligation to sell those extra properties.
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  60.  @christianjarvis167  Like it was in the early 1990's when Bob Rae ran the show?
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  61.  @annabellemalo  Along with shortages and higher prices because you'll have no one to get anything from.
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  62. As exaggerated as stereotypes are, there is truth in them. Asians are more likely to own property while blacks are more likely to rent.
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  63.  @annabellemalo  There's nothing privileged about the poster.
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  64. And who can blame them if anyone saw how pitifully low the government pension payouts are?
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  65. @Kevin Souza And what society would that be? Landlords are not responsible for the shortsightedness and frivolity of tenants.
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  66. @Kevin Souza Hardly as they're not responsible for the high property taxes, insurance premiums, repair and maintenance costs, utility costs, etc. that make up the overall rent.
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  67. So does the UAE.
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  68. The do have a choice. They chose instant gratification over their futures.
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  69. <A landlord may not rent to you if your a single mom, a person with Disability or if you simply don't make a lot. > Or if you're a member of a certain racial/ethnic group.
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  70. Let's just hope you saved and invested during your working years for the day you become old and no longer physically able to work.
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  71. Exactly.
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  72. Yes they do.
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  73. <renters are demanding.... shelter....> At someone else's expense. <who do you trust.> Landlords. Their property, their rules.
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  74. And to a lesser extent, utility and insurance companies.
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  75.  @dolcemaddalena  <I've noticed there are no houses being built in Montreal it is mostly overpriced cheap quality condos.> Montreal proper has no land to build houses on. If you want a house, you're going to move off-island.
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  76. Who's most Canadians? 68% of Canadians are home-owners.
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  77.  @Peacenutman  Fascism = socialism.
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  78. Um. No. We already have that with city housing.
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  79. Then ban immigration. But no Canadian politician is going to risk being called a racist xenophobe and have his career and personal life ruined.
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  80. Why? They own the property and have the right to turn in profit on what they invested their money in. Renters need to either buy their own homes or manage their money better so they can afford the rent.
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  81.  @BUSTEDDVD  <But if you keep uping the rent you literally create a class of homeless people because poor people usually live cheque to cheque.> Landlords don't keep upping the rent for joy. They up the rent in response to the property taxes and other costs upped on them. Poor people usually live cheque to cheque because some are just plain lousy with finances.
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  82. Thanks to zoning restrictions, those are the only entities who can afford to build and buy property.
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  83. Canada is not Singapore as Singapore has no land to build anymore housing on.
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  84.  @uromvictor  But they got out of that business in the 90's.
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  85.  @mikewalsh7793  But the housing is dilapidated and doctors have to work a side job to supplement their meager state wages.
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  86. Yes there is.
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  87. Or buy your own place.
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  88.  @mikewalsh7793  <Socialism is regulation for the good of society that makes life's necessities available no matter what your income level. > Until it's no longer available due to said regulation that stifles supply and production.
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  89. They'll do that when the government stop raising the taxes and fees on them.
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  90. No more than tenants are entitled and arrogant.
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  91. <Most tenants have no choice but rent, but people choose to be landlords instead of getting a real job.> Define real job. And a lot of tenants have no choice but to rent because they're lousy with finances. It figures why no self-respecting bank would grant them a mortgage and they're broke all the time.
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  92. Singapore doesn't have mass immigration.
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  93.  @casual35  Or because there was a rent freeze and eviction moratorium during that time which allowed tenants to stay without paying for months?
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  94. But you do what you got to do like your grandparents did when they couldn't afford the communities they lived in.
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  95.  @casual35  Can't afford partly due to his/her poor budgeting and living beyond their means.
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  96. Housing is not a human right as the landlord is not obligated to rent to you.
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  97. <Then the government needs to address the factors driving up the cost of housing such as foreign speculation, money laundering through property, and housing hedge funds buying more and more of the available rental market.> Enabled and facilitated by the government itself with its zoning restrictions, lax immigration policies and bureaucracy. <As well, I have a hard time feeling bad for those landlords who only purchase properties to make a profit when we have millions of homeless people in our country. > I don't if you took a look at how incredibly meager government pensions pay out. Landlords are making a profit to secure their futures. It's not their problem many tenants don't have the foresight or sense to do the same.
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  98. Not Montreal. It's an Anglosphere thing.
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  99. So does the government. And the government wins with kickbacks and property tax revenue.
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  100. <cities at the end of the day have more power than provincial or federal governments as they are the ones that zone areas and choose who they sell land too> But provinces control the cities funding. <can choose who gets to live there and who gets to be homeless.> Because they own the property which gives them the right to decide who gets to live on it.
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  101.  @22chachalaca  Or just don't want the legal and financial responsibilities of buying a home.
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  102. <Canada is supposed to be socialist.> Which is probably why it has a problem in the first place. Supply shortages and high prices due to government meddling. Sweden is finding out the hard way that socialism and open borders don't mix. Never mind that they got bankrupted by socialism in the 1970's.
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  103.  @rebelliussoul3645  Because everyone wants to side with the little guy even when there's a valid reason for him being the little guy. Some of them of his own making.
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  104. And 45 million dead later.
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  105. That kind of housing is illegal to build in English Canada.
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  106.  @stinkfinger630  Sure you do!
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  107.  @stinkfinger630  Calling them out on their BS = hate? LOL
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  108.  @stinkfinger630  LOL
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  109. Germany also has a housing crisis.
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  110.  @casual35  But 89% of the land is Crown-owned and off-limits to inhabitation.
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  111. Just like are we supposed to feel sorry for tenants who live beyond their means, get complacent then wonder why they can't afford the rent? Household debt is a thing for a reason. And landlords have nothing to do with it. <BECAUSE of people that are "investing" in these houses and driving up prices.> To recoup the money they invested into those houses like any self-respecting investor.
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  112. Then lower land values and building costs.
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  113. <Government needs to subsidize more.> With what money?
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  114. No more greedier than some tenants just looking for a free ride and someone else to pay for their own inability to get their finances in order.
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  115. No we don't. And he was no more right about landlords than Mugabe was about White farmers.
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  116. <on the other people can't afford a home to live in...> Yet they can afford their expensive habits.
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  117. I didn't know they were allowed to do that. I thought there was a moratorium on evictions.
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  118. Better than socialism where you'll be lucky just to get even dilapidated housing at all given its track record for shortages.
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  119. And tenants are just ignorant and entitled.
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  120. Just like no one feels bad for you, deadbeat!
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  121.  @nopeyupokay378  But having kids you can't afford to raise is planned.
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  122.  @teadott  Also condoms, pulling out and good old-fashioned abstinence.
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  123. Which only means higher rent for tenants to pay to cover said tax on landlords.
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  124. But that's costly in the long run.
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  125.  @sum1337  Or live where you can afford. Living in Downtown or some other trendy neighborhood on a burger-flipper's salary is not a right.
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  126. And why should they? A lot of tenants are tenant, because they take their finances and futures way too lightly.
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  127.  @Edt5814  Exactly.
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  128.  @misspetit  And a declining population.
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  129.  @Ryzen7-x9h  But most people only want to live in Toronto, Vancouver and to a lesser extent Montreal.
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  130. No they can't. And certainly not without screwing over whoever will be responsible for building.
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  131.  @jacobnapkins1155  And the subsequent shortages as new renters are locked out of the market.
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  132.  @marcguidobolen693  Yes it is. It's not the landlord's fault all you know how to do is take orders and collect a cheque.
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  133. And tenant are being cheapskates.
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  134. And most tenants are deadbeats.
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  135.  @BlackHand531  Learn to save and invest and buy your own property. Then you won't have to deal with sleazeball landlords.
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  136. Rent control is the reason why few people want anything to do with rentals. And the high rents are in response to the high taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance and repair costs, mortgages and interest, etc. imposed on landlords. Never mind the legal fees just to get the bad tenants evicted.
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  137. It's not their job to care for tenants.
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  138. AirBnB is the result of lopsided rental laws in favor of tenants making long-term rentals costly and no longer worth maintaining.
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  139.  @nopeyupokay378  Living beyond your means certainly doesn't help matters.
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