Your debt is their asset
Decades of government policy has enabled financial institutions to trade mortgages as increasingly abstract financial products backed by state guarantees. This is helping to direct the nation’s wealth to the…
James Hardwick
Boomer landlords are holding housing hostage
Our elders should never have been compelled to involve themselves in real estate ponzi schemes to attain a dignified retirement. Our parents and grandparents deserve better. Photo courtesy the Library…
‘Mom-and-pop’ landlords are risking everything—including the economy
Victorian houses in Toronto. Photo by young shanahan/Flickr. Ari bought the house next door back in the spring. It’s his first home and he is very excited. So excited that…
The REIT-ification of housing
Financialized firms including real estate investment trusts (REITs) control 48 percent of purpose-built rentals in Edmonton and 20-30 percent all of rentals across the country. Photo by Stefan Jansson. ...
Housing is the only solution to homelessness
People living in tents behind Hamilton city hall. Photo courtesy CHCH News/YouTube. In a recent political ad dubbed “Real change. The one promise he kept,” Conservative Party leader Pierre Poili...