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Advocates say there's appetite for protests over the housing crisis, but several obstacles remain...

Data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows Canada has ramped up construction in recent years, including over 240,000 new home starts in 2022, just slightly down from the record-high 244,000 units started in 2021. Additionally, Statistics Canada data shows that from 2019 to 2021, housing stock growth outpaced population growth in Toronto and Vancouver, two of the hottest markets in the country.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't asshole landlords increase the rent constantly at much higher rates anyway? Just the other day, I saw someone say their rent was going up by 20%.

In any case, the maximum could be set at a fraction of inflation.