When Your Landlord Is a Billion-Dollar Corporation
Real estate trusts are sending rents soaring and reshaping Canada’s cities
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I Can’t Buy a Home, So I’m Fixing Up a Decrepit Farmhouse
In Cape Breton, housing was never an issue. Now I’m priced out—and picking up the power tools
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The False Promise of Starting Afresh in Atlantic Canada
If you’re moving to the East Coast for cheaper housing and friendly neighbours, think again
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Canada’s Emergency Shelters Are Failing
Four deaths at a Whitehorse facility underscore the need for housing reform
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Can Montreal Save Its Soul Amidst Gentrification?
Evictions, property flips, and the whims of policy makers and landlords are gutting the city
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Want to Fight Climate Change? Fix Housing
Treating the two calamities as separate issues misses a huge opportunity to address both
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Airbnb’s Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing
How Montreal priced out long-term renters as thousands of homes became vacation suites
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Multigenerational Living Often Makes Sense. That Doesn’t Make It Easy
Living with my mother, we get free child care and help with expenses. But all those perks come at a cost
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As Real Estate Costs Soar, an Influx of Residents Is Changing My BC Town
We can’t expect others not to want what we have. And yet we do it all the time
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Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis
A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions
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