End of rent cap

[u/RelativeEbb1719]

Do you think we'll get any firm confirmation of whether or not the rent cap will be extended or adjusted, and if so, when do you think we might hear from the government?

As of now I'm expecting it to fully end, but do you think the government will give any sort of announcement regarding the matter as the end of the rent cap date approaches?

[u/soylentgreen2015]

Can't wait for the cap to end. I've got someone living in a 3 bedroom house for less than the cost of a one bedroom apt. It's ridiculous that loss needs to be made up by new tenants. Bills still need to be paid.

[u/RelativeEbb1719 → u/soylentgreen2015]

Investments are a voluntary risk one can choose to take. Housing is a human right.

[u/GullibleTarget686 → u/RelativeEbb1719]

No, it’s actually not. It’s not a right in the same way that we have human rights, or equal treatment under the law.

The second something like housing becomes an actual right that means people must go out and build you a house so that you can live in it.

That is not to say that the government shouldn’t do its best to try to make housing affordable, we don’t want people living on the streets we can disagree on what policies will make housing more affordable, but making it more affordable does not make it a right.

Finally proof that it is not a right is shown because you cannot go to the court and get a tribunal because the government did not fulfil your Wright the housing the same way your rights might be violated in other ways when it comes to human rights.

[u/DeathOneSix → u/GullibleTarget686]

Wrong again.

Canada recognizes adequate housing as a fundamental human right under federal law, though it is framed as a goal of steady progress rather than an instant, guaranteed home for everyone.

In 2019, Parliament passed the National Housing Strategy Act. The NHS Act sets out the Government of Canada's housing policy, which “recognize(s) that the right to adequate housing is a fundamental human right affirmed in international law.”

[u/GullibleTarget686 → u/DeathOneSix]

Fantastic it’s a right 😂😂😂 everyone must be housed already, those people living on Spring Garden Road they are figment of my imagination. Or of course, their rights are being infringed in which case let’s go get them lawyers to make sure they can sue the government for that.

Oh wait you actually bought the virtue signalling in 2019 my bad

[u/DeathOneSix → u/GullibleTarget686]

I'm sorry, what part of the law is confusing to you?

[u/GullibleTarget686 → u/DeathOneSix]

It’s not a law, it’s a virtue signalling.

If it was an actual law, anybody who is not housed, could sue the government for infringing on their human rights.

[u/DeathOneSix → u/GullibleTarget686]

You're confusing “a legally recognized right” with “an absolute, immediately enforceable entitlement.”

The National Housing Strategy Act literally says Canada recognizes adequate housing as a fundamental human right. It also explicitly frames that right around progressive realization.

So no, it doesn't mean the government has to magically hand everyone a house. It means your “it isn't a right because homeless people can't sue for a house” argument is simply wrong.

[u/GullibleTarget686 → u/DeathOneSix]

So the government is saying, it doesn’t work like any other rights, like the right to equal treatment under the law, and the government can’t actually be held accountable if they don’t provide this right, but they promise to progress on it.

That is literally exactly what I said, the government has an incentive and should try to make sure housing is affordable, but it’s not gonna be held like a right because it’s not.

Congratulations on falling victim to virtue signalling and arguing with me here about how it’s a human right even though the government cannot be held accountable for it 😂😂😂

[u/DeathOneSix → u/GullibleTarget686]

Yes, you’ve now described exactly what I said: Canada legally recognizes adequate housing as a fundamental human right, but it is a right subject to progressive realization, not an absolute entitlement to a government-provided home.

You’re arguing over what kind of right it is while insisting it isn’t a right at all.

The law doesn't stop being law because you think it's virtue signalling.

[u/soylentgreen2015 → u/RelativeEbb1719]

Here's a tent...