Canada's rental stock is aging. It needs to be maintained.
For financialized landlords, their profit strategy basically thrives on lack of maintenance, buying old buildings and using tools like lack of rent control, illegal buyouts, renovictions and demovictions. They have a lot of tools in their arsenal. They have above-guideline rent increases. There's no vacancy control.
Landlords of financialized housing thrive on using old buildings. The conditions of buildings often work against tenants—