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How ‘financialized’ landlords may be contributing to rising rents in Canada | CBC News

How ‘financialized’ landlords may be contributing to rising rents in Canada | CBC News

Khalil Alibi is facing his Goliath.Starlight Investments is Canada's largest landlord, with more than 54,000 units nationwide and 68,000 globally. Starlight was granted approval by Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board to raise the rent above provincial guidelines twice in the last two years. Alibi says this makes his unit no longer affordable for him. "They should […]

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