Grappling7155 to Canada · 12 hours agoWhy it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canadafinancialpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkWhy it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canadafinancialpost.comGrappling7155 to Canada · 12 hours agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoMontreal had rent control for a long time and renting only became a problem when the bubblification of real estate got imported to Quebec from the rest of Canada.
minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoRenting only became a problem when it became a problem elsewhere… oh… well then it looks like it didn’t work well did it.
minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoThe Canadian rental market, famously a victim of rent control.
minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWho said anything about the Canadian market having tried rent control? Plenty of other places have tried and failed at it though.
Montreal had rent control for a long time and renting only became a problem when the bubblification of real estate got imported to Quebec from the rest of Canada.
Renting only became a problem when it became a problem elsewhere… oh… well then it looks like it didn’t work well did it.
The Canadian rental market, famously a victim of rent control.
Who said anything about the Canadian market having tried rent control?
Plenty of other places have tried and failed at it though.