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[–] strawberrysocial 5 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Many of my landlords were pretty decent people who actually cared about their tenants tho.

[–] nepenthes 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't forget how many apartment buildings are owned by corporate landlords though. Western Canada has a huuuge problem with the slumlord billionaires at Mainstreet and others.

The out-of-date data I can find has 35% of BC apartments as investor-owned.

[–] strawberrysocial 3 points 1 week ago

I guess that's likely the difference. With the big company owned apartments you usually deal with a super intendant or building manager instead of the landlord directly. So the renter is seen as a faceless number rather than an actual person to the owners you are paying money to. There's a lack of empathy towards the renter.

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