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What about apartments? Dorms? Would that make being homeless illegal?
Canada banned foreign ownership, and a bunch of local shell companies popped up. So it is not as simple as it sounds.
Canada didn't ban shit. The Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act is just a token gesture so that politicians can say they did something.
Since permanent residents and private corporations can still buy real-estate property, in practical terms literally nothing has changed.
If there is political will, there is a way. The problem is often political will.
If you don't live in the building and it's for permanent accomodation, you don't own any part of it. Very simple. Feel free to rent out part of the building though if you do.
Whatever mental gymnastics you did to get from there to homelessness being illegal don't apply.
|Make it illegal to own a home you don’t live in -> Feel free to rent out part of the building though if you do.
Wouldn't renting out a building you don't live in be illegal? Or is AirBnB a loophole?
Yes. That's the point. You can own it if it's your residence even if someone else lives there too.
Also you don't seem to comprehend the concept of bed and breakfast
So the only apartments in this brave new world would have the landlords literally living in them with you. That doesn't sound like an upgrade to me.
Your grasp of the distinction between apartment and building is as abysmal as every other concept you mention.
Also you seem to be equally ignorant of the idea of owning an apartment and of social housing.
Ah, you are just a common troll. Got it. I was a bit tired, so I fed you after midnight. Won't make that mistake again. Good night.
You're the one performatively misunderstanding simple concepts.
It's very clear. They didn't mean home as to mean any residence ever. They meant single family dwellings. I'm very confused as to how you didn't understand this.