Classic case of hating the game and not the player.
ramjambamalam
joined 2 years ago
I thought the Boring Company was more about pretending to want to dig holes to stifle public transit in order to bolster EV sales... Am I mistaken?
International student’s video on getting free food in Canada unleashes anger and abuse: ‘Please die’
TD seemed happy to throw him under the bus, though.
As outrage grew, the same user posted a photo of an apparent reply from TD. “Thank you for bringing the video to our attention,” it said. “The alleged actions and messages captured in the video do not align with our TD values and culture of care. I can confirm that the individual named in the video no longer works at TD.”
This is unsurprising. The ODSP shelter portion is about $672/month for a single person. It's very difficult to find shelter for that amount in most places in Ontario, for one.
Pogs are pretty pwn.
3D Pinball: Space Cadet for life.
non-investor landlords
Isn't that an oxymoron? A landlord is by definition, an investor. Maybe you mean something else...
Right, but you can also rent affordable housing...
Are you suggesting that building affordable homes wouldn't help anyone escape homelessness?
Landlords already can and do check the credit of tenants. The new change is only that paying rent affects your credit.
but will it blend?
It really seems to me that municipalities simply don't have the resources to support housing. Housing is a national problem and leaving it up to municipalities only creates perverse incentives to drive people experiencing homelessness out of your community into another, which isn't doing anything to solve the underlying problem. We need a national housing first program, but this story demonstrates the importance of getting it right.
Governments should also be building public housing, like yesterday. People scapegoat landlords a lot but they are also subject to the laws of supply and demand. The only two levers the government has are to decrease demand (e.g. cracking down on short term rentals, stunting our economy by limiting population growth) and increasing supply (e.g. zoning in the missing middle, building affordable public housing).