• Muad'DibberA
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    1 year ago

    Makes sense. Very convenient for those cities to pretty much encourage real-estate speculation, make a shitload off the sales, then use xenophobia and put the blame on foreigners when people complain about the lack of affordable housing. No one’s forcing the landowners in Vancouver to sell. The city government’s are probably happy to take their additional cut in property taxes too.

    • @redtea
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      51 year ago

      That’s right. And even if the facts aren’t quite right, the story gets repeated and the reactionaries win twice. Once with the extra cash, and again with the divisive rhetoric.