Buyers say they lost life savings to a Saskatchewan company selling luxury vacation condos
Caban Condos customers say company failed to deliver promised real estate or return money
Facebook ads promoting big ‘targeted’ returns on real estate investments should raise red flags, experts say
But promos that some call ‘highly problematic’ likely don't break any rules
Why low-income renters can’t “air condition their way out” of extreme heat
Experts say “passive cooling” and incentives are necessary for a net-zero future
Toronto's Vacant Home Tax: What Canada can learn from France
France has cut the number of vacant properties over the last 25 years
A property developer that owes tenants over $50M is lobbying about Alberta's ‘life lease’ bill
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter
Deadly fires: The risk of death and injuries is highest in poor neighbourhoods
New analysis of Toronto fire data shows lower income wards face more severe outcomes from fires
Is B.C.'s home flipping tax today's solution to yesterday's problem?
Data suggest speculators currently play only a small role in real estate market
Bathurst, N.B. ranks eighth in Canada among places with high concentrations of older residents
Exodus of young people creates challenges for older adults struggling to find healthcare and other services
Canada now has more than 100 urban centres where at least a quarter of the population is 65 or older: new analysis
Greying communities struggle to provide support for aging residents
Evictions due to demolitions set to hit all-time high in Toronto, data shows
Spike in evicted tenants will overheat rental market if enough affordable units aren’t protected, activists say
‘People can't afford to live here anymore’: Small towns also feeling housing crunch from Airbnb
Rents getting less affordable as more homes converted to short-term rentals in tourist getaways.
Income inequality creates divisions in many of Canada’s biggest cities, new analysis finds
Exceptions are Winnipeg and some commuter cities like Brampton, Ont., and Surrey, B.C.
Nearly 40 per cent of student visa applications from India rejected for vague reasons
IRCC has given 336,251 rejections for “other” and “unspecified” reasons since 2011
Half of Airbnbs in major Canadian cities appear to be operating without a licence
There are about 16,566 listings operating without a licence nationwide
No place to live
One person’s search for a place to call home shows a public-housing system stretched to its limits