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submitted 4 months ago by SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Just to make things easier for people.

The video talks about the glut of micro units having issues selling due to how undesirable they are for people actually living in them and not aligning with a more realistic price.

The numbers on why a lot of people can't hold onto these investments:

Shrinking units, the ones discussed in the video is around ~300sqft:

Substantially less of newer units are owner occupied:

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[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

According to the video, the places aren't being built to be attractive to live in but to be cheap upfront investments for landlords (so not just small but crappy layouts and quality overall), and the majority of said landlords are "middle class" (their words) couples rather than large companies.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

You know the system is broken when housing is prioritized and built for the landlords prefences and profits before being built as a functional residence.

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