Canada

I wrote this for a US bill that they're trying to pass, but it might apply in Canada?

Corporation Plan

• Step 1, US has a financial meltdown
• Step 2, corporations buy up all of the housing at cheap prices, price fix the rentals and use a shit ton of them for airBNBs
• Step 3, not worry about the empty units or homes because price fixing and airBNBs will fix that
• Step 4, develop a crowdfunding site so "investors" can get in on the renting/price fixing game
• Step 5, complain that there isn't enough housing to get the zoning changed, so they can build "luxury" apartments where they continue to price fix or rent out to tourists/business people because they're ToTALLy NoT A hoTEl!
• Step 6, profit, profit, profit

Common Person Plan

• Step 1, look to buy a home but there's not enough supply so the prices go up
• Step 2, try to save but their rent keeps getting raised because it's being price fixed and there is a lack of supply (sometimes real because of the tourists)
• Step 3, continue to rent while nervously waiting to try and build up a deposit and there's less and less supply
• Step 4, rent, rent, rent further away from the city core