Stop Excessive Profits in the Financialization of Housing

Stop Excessive Profits in the Financialization of Housing

Large corporate owners of residential properties such as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are amassing increasingly large portfolios of Canadian rental housing, making your rent more expensive.

Homes should be for people to live in, not financial assets for investment funds to speculate on.

A re-elected Liberal government will:

  • Review the tax treatment of these large corporate owners.
  • Put in place policies to curb excessive profits in this area, while protecting small independent landlords.
  • Review the down payment requirements for investment properties.