B.C. homeowners reveal they have the space but are reluctant to rent: poll
B.C. homeowners reveal they have the space but are reluctant to rent: poll
Over a third of British Columbian homeowners have space in their home that could be rented out but isn’t.
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No shit, people shouldn't be shamed for not wanting the stress of hosting a tenant in their private home. The solution is affordable PUBLIC housing, not forced quartering.
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Yeah, article seemed to be asking homeowners if phrased another way is do you want to live with roommates? I think most people if they had the luxury would say no.
Then you got people angry at those people, which may have been the goal of the article to shift focus to also being mad at people living in their homes. As opposed to the biggest contributor of problem being individuals and corporations buying up and hoarding property they don't plan to live in and treat only as investment assets. Those are the areas that need to start having restrictions on.
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Or a land use tax. Doesn't sit right with me all the entitled boomers sitting alone in their 3+ bedroom homes while we have a housing crisis.
Real tired of the suburbs being subsidized by those living in the core too.
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These houses are heavily subsidized by the lowest property taxes on the continent, and one of the lowest in the world. They can enjoy the increases in land value and not have to pay their fair share in taxes. Meanwhile, these same people fight tooth and nail to make it hard to increase density for others. I have little sympathy for them. They should downsize their home if they’re not using the space.
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I don't disagree that A) these people live incredibly privileged lives and are reaping the benefits of an economic period that will never come back and B) increasing housing density should be a priority across pretty much the whole Western World. I just disagree with the argument that the solution to this is simply forcing private homeowners to host unhoused people.
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Should people own that space then if it's just going wasted? Perhaps instead of owning a 4000 SQ ft home where they only use half and refuse to rent the other half, they should sell to someone who will and then go buy a 2000 SQ ft house where they don't have to worry about it.
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Call me a skeptical, but I feel like reactions like yours are the intended outcome of the article where anger is shifted towards people living in their homes who don't want roommates. And not on the actual problem of people and companies buying up properties without the intention of living in them, but renting them out or as pure investment assets to sit on and leave empty.
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Ideally we wouldn’t waste anything ever, even space, but that’s not going to happen in a capitalist system where hoarding is rewarded.
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That's a different argument than "people should be forced to host people in their private homes that they legally (if unethically) own."
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yeah but do they really need 2000 SQ ft? They should sell that and buy 1000 SW ft house. And honestly that is a lot of room. Why aren't they renting some of it. Prisoners live in 10x10 just fine.
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I wouldn't want the added stress and responsibilities of dealing with potentially bad tenants..
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That reflects poorly on Vancouver's tenancy laws, then. In a supply-constrained environment, should tenants get more rights at the cost of limiting supply? How much money (in terms of rent) are your tenancy rights worth?
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