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Is Rent Control Hurting the People It’s Meant to Help?

Rent control has long been positioned as one of the key tools used to protect affordability and prevent tenant displacement in tight housing markets. But as the Missing Middle Initiative’s recent video and accompanying article point out, the practical effects of rent co...
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2022 Rent Increase Set at 1.5%

The provincially mandated rent increase freeze is set to expire January 1st, 2022 and the Residential Tenancy Branch has announced the 2022 maximum rent increase percentage. The Residential Tenancy Act and Regulations establishes the percentage of increase, timing, and no...
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'Irrational' 10-year home price spike transforms Vancouver, data show

BRENT JANG | VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail The proportion of million-dollar detached homes in Vancouver jumped from just 11 per cent a decade ago to more than 90 per cent last year – a dramatic increase that experts warn is “irrational” and could soon come to an en...