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Landlords will need help if temperature law becomes reality, advocacy group says (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by eezeebee@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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"But we also think that the responsibility for the safety of [low-income people] — and let's face it, it's low-income people who have this problem — that's a responsibility for society at large, for everyone, not just for the people who happen to own the buildings where these people make their homes."

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[–] socialsecurity@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That we don't in fact have to deal with the parasites to have housing avaliable for working people

[–] timberwolf1021@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So do we just... fuck over all the renters living in landlord-owned units for the next 5-20 years while this cool new mass public housing is being built by all those extra construction workers we definitely don't have a shortage of?

[–] socialsecurity@piefed.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We should let the housing market crash out, then nationalize it ;)

Similar to what was done after 2008 except federal government doesn't give money parasites and just does it by itself

[–] timberwolf1021@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Do you realize how many suicides and assorted anguish such a crash would cause?

I swear to gods, you people don't really know how to think things through.