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According to a new report from Rentals, In July, the Canadian rental market hit a record high with an average asking rent of $2,078, marking an 8.9 per cent annual increase.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rental highrises are not single-family homes. What we need there are more stringent rent control and to move the majority of such rentals from for-profit property developers to non-profit housing cooperatives.

We could also prohibit property developers from purchasing highrises from each other altogether. You want a new high-rise? Build one. You don't want one of the ones you own? You get to sell it to a cooperative for a heavily regulated maximum price, and might get to break even.