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Landlords will need help if temperature law becomes reality, advocacy group says (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by eezeebee@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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"But we also think that the responsibility for the safety of [low-income people] — and let's face it, it's low-income people who have this problem — that's a responsibility for society at large, for everyone, not just for the people who happen to own the buildings where these people make their homes."

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[–] timberwolf1021@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So do we just... fuck over all the renters living in landlord-owned units for the next 5-20 years while this cool new mass public housing is being built by all those extra construction workers we definitely don't have a shortage of?

[–] socialsecurity@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We should let the housing market crash out, then nationalize it ;)

Similar to what was done after 2008 except federal government doesn't give money parasites and just does it by itself

[–] timberwolf1021@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do you realize how many suicides and assorted anguish such a crash would cause?

I swear to gods, you people don't really know how to think things through.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ok. People are already dying. The market is being artificially held high to keep Boomer's investment portfolio in the black. People are going to keep dying until real estate turns over to the next generation and the market crashes. Let's just cut to the chase.