Grappling7155 to Canada · 1 month agoWhy it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canadafinancialpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoThe Canadian rental market, famously a victim of rent control.
minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoWho said anything about the Canadian market having tried rent control? Plenty of other places have tried and failed at it though.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAh yes, the Anglos made you price up your own real estate. /s
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.
Ah yes, the Anglos made you price up your own real estate. /s