As a legal immigrant to Canada (who 'landed' here with an IT job from a Canadian company) more than 25 years ago, the Canada of today is unrecognizable. Parts of the GTA and even other cities in Canada look more like an Indian or Pakistani slum. That's not what I came to Canada for. It's a shame and it's not racist to point that out. I say that as someone with Pakistani heritage. We came here to be Canadians first and assimilate and contribute to this country. Now people are short-circuiting the system coming in as fake students by the 100s of thousands. It's shameful what the government has allowed.
Don't forget it was Harper that really went "all in" on the temporary foreign workers well before Trudeau. Canada needs immigrants-look at our birth rate- the problem is it was too many too quickly these past 2 years especially.
The gov is actually doing the opposite. They want a million new immigrants a year over the next 100 years to reach a population of 200 million. This is why they lowered the standards so much recently. I hope they review this policy to go back to what it was before bringing only doctors and engineers
And to her credit, she admitted her past expectations were false. But she didn't graduate in poli sci or economics. Therefore, didn't add up the government policies that are disastrous. Now ME, I was totally convinced it was money laundering. But mafias aren't the ONLY people whose goals conflict with the larger society. City of London ignores what is good for UK. Panama Papers documented City of London's practices.
Thanks for calling out mass immigration. This is the policy put in place over decades by the developer/speculator/bank lobby. Their front organization is the Century Initiative whose goal is to triple Canada's population to over 100 million. All this to make the wealthy wealthier with real estate inflation and an endless supply of cheap labour.
@@AlinaMcleod Immigration has been sold by the corporate media as being vital for the "economy" but from the point of people and the land it has been a disaster. We need to invest in Canadians and lower housing costs and environmental stress.
@@AlinaMcleod It really isn't this infinite growth model just ends in Collapse. If no immigrants moved here housing would drop fast and jobs would pay more allowing more people to have babies who can not afford it right now. It would just balance itself out. The majority of Canadians not having children is a monetary choice. You need a family income over 200k to have kids, a small house and a family vacation in most of Canada unless you plan to live off government subsidies. The government is flat broke and about to lose the ability to create debt as interest payments continue to climb ever higher. So if you plan for the government to pay your way good luck you got 3 years tops.
I’m of the opinion that Canada needs a 0 immigration for 10 years. With the exception of medical or if you build your own place in the middle of no where. We do not need more Indian bankers and foreign students. Also businesses get grants for hiring foreigners. By our tax dollars. So it’s not fair to local Canadians.
Canada is a lobotomized and castrated society when it comes to controlling its immigration. For decades the Left Wing in this country has mouthed-off and indoctrinated the population that immigration to Canada is the RIGHT of everyone else in the so-called third world, even though they had almost nothing to do with building this country for 450 years up to 1970 into a country that is one of the richest, safest, healthiest, most educated, most democratic and most functional countries anywhere. The right wing likes mass immigration too for its economic benefits, already discussed in previous comments. It won't be long before European-descended Canadians (called "whites" in the news-media) are the VISIBLE MINORITY in this country, and when that happens, they will have even LESS POWER politically, socially and culturally than they do already.
The housing crisis is now beginning to spread to areas that were once affordable. Since the housing crisis will never be solved (hint: the politicians and their greedy corporate and developer backers don't want it to be solved), this country is headed for economic collapse. You can't expect people to pay more than they can afford for housing and expect that kind of arrangement to be sustainable. And the RCMP are worried that we might soon be headed for mass civil unrest. There is no reason why, in a wealthy, technologically advanced country like Canada with all the land and natural resources it has, that there should even be a housing crisis. Except greed and sadism on the part of the people who are profiting so handsomely from the crisis.
It's not only greed. There's more to it. It's happening all over the Western World, but maybe faster in North America and even faster in Canada. They are pulling the plug on us. It's part of a much larger agenda.
@@jay1645 It is called "crony capitalism". Many classic north American fortunes are rooted in favors granted by governments. I gotta imagine VIA Rail made some people rich.
And government shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the supposedly free market. You whine about unsustainable immigration numbers and not enough housing (all caused by politicians), and you want to give the government more power to control market pricing? There wouldn't be a housing crisis if not for insane immigration and bureaucracy that caused this! Trust the arsonists to put out the fires that they ignited! Corporate greed wouldn't even matter if you had reasonable immigration, and if building permits, along with insane inflation caused by the government didn't put us in this mess to begin with! There would be an overabundance of houses, and corporations wouldn't be able to give the houses away.
I'd rather live in a home own by a corporation than private. I have moved a bunch of times, all my worst and I truly mean worst experience has been with private owners, they will raise rent by 5 or 6 hundred too plus if you break their lease they demand you still pay for the rest of the lease unless they find another tenant, with corporations they just need 2 months notice.
@@tpexchange4290 With private it depends on the landlord, with a corporation you know for sure you're getting pinched for every penny the market can bare
Maybe not. But if that prediction comes true, blame the adoption of the absurd English election system. A lot wrong in the USA can be traced to fighting for independence, but then installing a dysfunctional English set of election practices. Does any WELL run country elect the way North America does? Name one.
@@AaronMT sadly it’s not just Canada that has become unaffordable now, most Western countries are struggling with high food, utilities and rental costs pushing many in the street.
Calgary is not the only city in Canada that is experiencing higher costs of living. Even Saskatchewan, the most affordable province in Canada is seeing crazy inflation. Excessive immigration is driving up the cost of everything including accommodation. We can thank Trudeau for that . I work across Canada, currently in the NWT. I am seeing this everywhere. Even remote cities are unrecognizable due to excessive immigration. . I don’t feel like I’m in Canada anymore. Canadians don’t even have enough jobs or housing. Why are we accepting so many immigrants like it’s a free-for-all? We can’t even take care of our own.😢 This is no longer the Canada that I loved..
I'm a legal immigrant to BC and yes Canada becomes unrecognizable. My theory is that the unprofessionalism, greed and incompetence is the cause for it. Decision makers don't have a solution where to employ probably close to a million individuals employed in immigration services and adjacent fields. The blood of every country is manufacturing, yet Canada wants to stay green and replace the blood with tourist and education money. Do you see a lot of manufacturing? The ones are there produce products with higher prices given less logistic costs. Mass migration is a secondary problem, your first problem is incompetent decision makers.
Right now, there is a difference between provinces, but that can't be maintained if financial economics for the whole country aren't improved. Take a look at Japan, where inflation is the most under control. Their central bank is rationally run, I would surmise.
@@Aristaifly What of any significance does Canada domestically produce anymore. I had a Canadian make Toyota once. What probability is there I could find one now?
@@JimMork-r9u good question! I came up with couple brand names but then remembered that either materials or product itself is made somewhere else. I once worked at the window factory, glass was local but the frame material came from Germany (the owner was German). Dairy companies perhaps?
Don't fret Calgarian's , Trudeau has a master plan to start renting grave sites to the homeless to pitch tents with no cost to the deceased when winter makes them expire and will make even more available housing for immigrants .
Not only that, the price of some popular items in grocery stores is increasing every 2-3 weeks. Either the price is up, or they just shrink the package to make it smaller
@@DailyWisdom37 Pretty sure if Trump wins, NOBODY gets in. And Biden is being forced to retreat from a welcoming policy. Be real. NOBODY can just swallow a giant foreign population. Violence in places like Venezuela is creating refugees. Need something between Trump and Biden. Call it New Realism.
Waaaah.... I was stupid and never bought a house whine whine whine divorced my husband and ran away from responsibility and threw all my $$$ down the drain on rent and now rent is going up! We need government to save us from our STUPIDITY!!! waaaahhhh waaaaahhhhh And yes, corporations should not be able to buy more than a handful of homes/condos at most. Certainly not hundreds or thousands.
You think its the immigrant, likely a 20 year old student, who is causing this problem? LOL This is what the rich, powerful capital class owners want you to think. That way you don't blame banks, landlords, developers, and the wealthy controllers in our society that create the problem.
Alberta is 5x bigger than England - last year 700,000 migrants came to England (mostly from India, Pakistan, China and Nigeria). = Life here is becoming hell.
You should not be empathetic to the new management company. As a big company, they knew what they were getting involved in. It is absolutely outrageous! It should be illegal.
@@laid07 Maybe now. Maybe in Canada. My last two landlords were the most ethical and most likable. I own a house and question my sanity for abandoning renting when I was having an amazing experience.
@@thejoblesscoder I think your history might be more typical than mine. But somehow in decades of renting, I can remember one person who, about 50 years ago, made me shake my head in disbelief. That in the balance against maybe a dozen who were models of humanity. It isn't that I'm some "lucky person". A lot of events were very bad luck. But landlords? From today's perspective, I ask "where have such people gone?"
Great video Alina. I'm dealing with similar issues here in Toronto. Landlords trying to ask for 30% increases even though it would technically be illegal. Wishing you and your mother all the best.
I don't wish to depress anyone, but when I was a teenager, my employer laid me off. I told the sweet guy managing my building I had no income, I'd have to give up my apartment. Toronto renters will shake their heads. He said "Don't leave something will turn up, you can go a while rent free" I think people like him are totally extinct!
What is happening to Calgary is truly depressing. I moved here in 2011 from Ontario and the city now is difficult to recognize. Fortunately my landlord hasnt jacked my rent to the sky yet. But I can't move and I can't afford to buy anything. And the change in Calgary and Canada is engineered by our governments, both provincial (with the Alberta is calling ads Still running in BC!!! 😭) and federal. It is sad - funny that the Trudeau government for a time tried to argue that immigration "wasn't the problem" in regards to the housing crisis. Like dumping a few extra million people into a country already with a huge housing shortage isn't going to exacerbate the problem?? Not to mention the lack of social infrastructure to support all these people! Health care system designed for 1.3 million in Calgary now supports 1.6+ with no increased capacity! Policing, transit etc etc - all stretched to the breaking point. And we haven't even talked about the WATER! supply yet 😭. I am not anti immigration at all, but immigration that further compounds the multiple layers of crises in this country makes zero sense and is also a disservice to the people who pay a tonne of money to move here, and then find they have been sold a pipe dream. The only power we have left is to vote in another direction. But the problem, is even if we do, where to move? There seems nowhere left in Canada that is reasonably affordable, where people have had their wages adjusted for inflation and housing isn't insane. Big business profits (because they have the money to lobby the government for policies that benefit them) >>>>> wins over regular people. Standard of living in Canada is in freefall since 2020 and it doesn't look like anyone is going to put the brakes on soon.
Absolutely agree. Sadly that is the predicament and our government does not seem to want to acknowledge their mistakes and take drastic action to make it better.
@@erinb4919 Voting won’t help because both sides are greedy. Alberta is led by conservatives who continue to promote Alberta is calling when infrastructure can’t hold. Corporations are buying up homes and land to build then hike rents as the Alberta government is watching. The shelters meant for temporary housing transition are now permanently full with no move outs. Schools are starting to use ‘shipping containers’ for classes. Alberta problems are caused by Conservatives and liberals alike.
After 28 years of living in Calgary, I had to leave this city... my rent went up by 38% in April. Our city is now a drug infested city, we have the largest influx of immigrants in Canada and my bellowed city of Calgary is no more. We are living in a Fascist state folks and it will only get worse from here on. Thank you Alina for covering this. Stay strong everyone!
I BAILED awhile ago.... the Calgary I knew is gone and now it's just a giant sh*t-hole full of immigrants with values that to be perfectly blunt here.... are just completely foreign to me and NOT conducive to my upbringing and morals. Attago Mr. Trudeau..... for successfully importing/transplanting 3rd world values/norms/lawlessness to Canada
@@karimkalache712 I had property(s) in Alberta..... just divested the last one recently. My timing seems to have been perfect as Calgary is now rolling over with the immigrants now stuck with the premium valuations..... and I wish them the best of luck because the Bow Glacier feeding the Bow and Elbow rivers is done... fini... and within 5 years Calgary will be a giant sh*t-hole of over-developed dropping valuation Real Estate as water rationing ensues. Nice City of 800,000.... completely unsustainable at 1.4 million people LOL !
Man, this is very disturbing, the government is brining in immigrants (me being one of them) into the country and putting a strain on housing. Now we are in a situation where we left and spent a lot of money to come here and and can’t go back at the same time we feel bad for the Canadians.
Exactly. It's terrible for both Canadians and immigrants. I feel very sorry for all the people who probably spent their life savings moving to Canada, uprooting their whole families and then are more than likely disappointed that life here is not as stable and prosperous as the media makes it out to be.
Question why did you come? Its not like Canada actually grabbed your hand and brought you. Like dont you have a cast system back at home? The people coming here are the ones at the top casts. Thats why they treat workers so poorly because they are use to having servants. So if you had all that why did you come here?
@@FirstName-zt2myhonestly I’ve discovered that the quality of immigrants (technical skills, education levels, politeness and decency) have decreased, ESPECIALLY since the pandemic. I think the reason behind this is simply cuz the government is running out of money, so they open up immigration since a lot of immigrants pay humongous amounts of money to get citizenship here. You can see the same issue in universities. The international students now have to pay 5x to 10x more than local students, and so many are flooding in. All in all though, I’m hopeful in that we can all make this work. Currently they are just opening the flood gates but they def will calm down and I fundamentally believe we can all come together and shape Canada for the better. Cuz if you think about it logically, the immigrants spent all their money to get here, now they can’t really go back, why would anyone eff up a home they spent a fortune buying.
@@rohitguptac It makes you wonder how many other immigrants would not have come if they too knew the truth of what they were coming into, before they made the decision to make the journey.
Saw somewhere that people just showed up in Republic of Ireland. Now Irish are protesting that Ireland is threatened culturally. They want Ireland back.
I dont think its a coincidence or an accident. After Brexit and Trump in the mid 2010's, they've seen that some of the policies they enact are not popular, and that it can cause a voter backlash. They've full on thrown the doors open in the hopes of just replacing the voter base. This is what dispossession looks like. "If you vote for the wrong things, we're not going to change our policies, we'll just change the voters"
I am saddened about the news coming out of the UK. Now with tyrant Keer in power it looks like it can only get worse. At least we can share in our misery cause Canada is following the same path except with less Islam and more Hindu
Thank you. Stating the facts about the negative effects of mass migration or pop increase is not the same as blaming indivdual immigrants. It is Corporate Donor Class and Trudeu who are to blame.
Yeah I have absolutely nothing against the immigrants coming here, actually feel sorry for them since our country is kind of in shambles. I'm angry at the government who created these policies and is not adept at managing a budget.
@@AlinaMcleod Thanks again Alina, I knew you knew the difference. And best of luck for your channel. But may I suggest if you care about this topic, you make some videos about the notion that one day there will be more Voters who want the housing crisis to end, than who want it to continue (thinking it benefits them financially)? In recent times, Politicians perceived the Voter numbers on this as being the opposite. Note that we don't really know the voter numbers on this. For example, I own my own home, as do my sisters and my mother. But the housing crisis is most important to me bc my friends & dance teachers, and younger extended family are all currently or in the future, going to endure the wretchedness of the housing crisis. A best mate of mine also suicided in 2023, with housing as a major determining factor. And there must be many more like me!
I live in Quebec and we deal with the same thing. Even in smaller cities the rent and home prices have increased like crazy. More and more homeless people also😢 they will need to do something. I don't think immigration is the only thing to blame though... The pandemic didn't help AT ALL.
Thank you for exposing this issue Alina. Politicians rarely listen to citizens these days, but someone has to start a real conversation about this and why not let it be you.
Have 2 rentals in Edmonton. Tenants are great. Haven't raised rent in 8 years(and won't despite the costs going way up). The secret is good Tenants then everyone is happy.
I'd like to rent our units in BC under market prices too. If I was in Alberta I would do what you do. But the NDP government has basically made it impossible to do so. Their new policies make it imperative to price rent at or above market prices, the NDP policy will make rents skyrocket, cause disappearance of tens of thousands of units from being rented, and make more people homeless than we have now.
Ya but when your mortgage and property tax starts eating your savings it doesn't make sense to rent them out any longer....a lot of landlords are getting there.
Honestly this makes you a bad investor. Your units are a business; if you haven’t raised rent in 8 years you’re leaving money on the table. It may be “kind” of you but you are literally giving your residents your own money with this approach.
Alina, great video! I strongly recommend you create more content like this, which can resonate with many people and evoke strong emotional connections. Perhaps from now on, your channel could shift a little bit from being a travel vlogger to focusing more on current social issues. This would reduce the demand and costs associated with traveling. You could also interview your followers or viewers, as everyone has a story to tell. These topics have the potential to attract a huge audience. You already have a strong foundation, including over 300,000 subscribers, excellent video editing skills, outstanding interview techniques, and a rational, objective perspective. With many countries experiencing rapid and dramatic social changes, people are hungrier than ever for information. Your observations and reports will surely have a significant market.
I was born in Canada in 1948 and I remember when few roads were paved even. My generation and that of my parents and others who came to Canada before WW 2, built Canada with blood, sweat and tears and mmigration rules were "extremely" strict. We assimilated and adopted the Canadian culture!! When you come to Canada, adopt its culture and its language. We need to get back to STRICT immigration of old!! Immigration is out of control by the look of things. Why was Roxham Road open for sooo long allowing whoever in??
This happened to me in Denver Colorado back in 2016. A large corporation named WEIDNER bought out a property where I had been living for a few years and jacked up the rent over 40%. I was evicted and my credit was destroyed. It took me almost 6 years to get my credit good enough again to even be able to rent a property. I was not alone unless and this was not exclusive to Denver, it happened to millions of people, good hard-working people....
Similar happened to me in Mpls MN area. Paid rent at time for 21 years and get one rent late for one month and get evicted. I'm in ok shape like carpenter contractor even no so many houses build now. Paid to that landlord countless time rent in advance and after get late on rent get envicted. Will sue.
I moved to Canada in 2014 from Eastern Europe, came here with big dreams and hopes, lived in Edmonton, AB for 8 years (living in Edmonton is not for everybody, I will leave it at that. BTW, there are people living in Saskatchewan and Manitoba that are DREAMING of moving to Edmonton), moved to Victoria, BC (the most desirable place to live in Canada by many), which I consider a great success, have been living here for over 2 years and now I am contemplating to go back and move to my home county. I hope this paints a good picture for people considering moving to Canada...Do not get scammed! Cheers. P.S. If you are a renter, do move to BC - controlled yearly rent increases, only 1/2 amount monthly rent damage deposit and tenant here has more rights than a landlord (not really sure that is how is suppose to be...).
@@TheAcemaster25 Sad that a happy life in Eastern Europe is that hard to achieve. Why should residents in those countries have to seek a life in North America? I think most of us know the answer. The failure of European states become a Canadian problem.
@@JimMork-r9uno! The global politics of igniting and funding the wars in the areas where the USA has its interests is to blame! The governments today are all lining up to fulfill the globalists agenda (I.e. of the global corporations and banks). This agenda has nothing to do with the interests of their own citizens. But the national governments follow the orders to stay in power. Canada and the USA benefit from the turmoil in other countries through the inflow of capital, slave labor and access to cheap resources. It has been like that for at least a century. But now the Western world is collapsing because it cannot live forever on the abuse and exploitation of other countries. The countries speak up. This is the other side of globalism with the total access to information and new technologies. The old capitalism created its own death.
As someone who used to live in Calgary but no longer, I feeling like I dodged a bullet. I live in the prairies and it's affordable here. Got a couple houses, car, family, a good job and zero debt.
And we have added approximately 400,000 more people to Calgary since the 2021 census. 1.3 M in 2021 vs. 1.7 now, and it's only going up! What a train wreck!
In Lethbridge, the listings on Kijiji for rental properties are almost 100% private equity companies. They have increased the rents in this small city astronomically.
This problem isn't just with Calgary, it is all across Canada. Also, it not only effects housing, it has detrimental impact on the job market creating a situation of severe unemployment. There are simply not enough jobs available to absorb this mass immigrant migration.
For sure. Plus all other social services. You can't just drop a million people into a country and expect the healthcare and judicial system to cope, especially post covid. Just idiotic policy.
My parents building was bought out by "Avenue Living" last year, there rent went up last year $350 and now once again another $350 where they can no longer afford to live where they can they are both 76 seniors and now cant afford to live in an apartment or anywhere else in Calgary its Beyond ridiculous. They are seniors and are now going to be homeless.
@@jay1645 answer: there is now a shortage of housing. Supply and demand determines prices, always. supply can't meet demand until price rises bring it into balance. With more people than homes, you automatically push the poorest out of their homes onto the streets or to other provinces (or to other countries) Solutions: reduce the demand - stop immigration - or increase the supply - built a heckuva lot more homes a lot faster. Those are the only 2 choices to bring housing to affordability. To motivate more building requires a host of reforms on zoning, regulation and taxation, plus education of tradespeople - this is not easy at all, but the red states in the USA have done it successfully. To reduce immigration is easier - just vote Conservative next year.
Groceries, Gas, Utilities everything have gone up. My apartment in Northwest Calgary went from $1800 to $2250 this year. I am considering to leave canada by end of this year. I cant afford to live here anymore.
Read a comment today by a fellow from Malaysia. Immigrated to Canada with his family 30 years ago. Is now returning for the ease of living expenses and ease of medical services provided, some of which that take months of waiting here can be had within 48 hours.
I have 2 friends that live in Calgary. They both bought a house around 2004. One has a 2800 sq ft house with an extended garage the other has 2500 sq ft. Their mortgages are almost over and they never paid more than $2000 a month. These houses are almost 1 million now. They have made more money on these houses than I have been able to save by working at my job...a job I had to go to school for. This is why rich people (government / leadership) and property owners love immigration no matter what. Prepare for civil unrest.
If in 2004 when I bought my house, it’s now 1.5 M so yeah we made money but problem is we are paying higher taxes, insurance and utilities now that tripled so everybody is suffering. I have another house I bought for 180 k in 2004 and is now north of 600 k so yes there were gains but same idea, everything has gone up to keep it
Politicians have to be voted in by somebody. Blame all the woke liberals/socialists/progressives who've been voting for diversity and inclusion since Pierre Trudeau took office. Import the third world to the first world and you will not have a first world nation anymore.
@@lambofan2024 rent control and the property market is a PROVINCIAL repsonsibility! No rent cntrol in Alberta. This has evertthing to do wth the IDIOTS who voted for Danelle Smith at the last AB election!!
Don't fret Calgarian's , Trudeau has a master plan to star renting grave sites to the homeless to pitch tents with no cost to the deceased when winter makes them expire and will make even more available housing for immigrants .
Don't fret Calgarian's , Trudeau has a master plan to start renting grave sites to the homeless to pitch tents with no cost to the deceased when winter makes them expire and will make even more available housing for immigrants .
This is not capitalist greed. All capitalist countries were able to maintain manageable numbers of immigrants for many decades. It's this new insane leftist ideology that drives mass immigration.
I enjoyed your video on affordability in Calgary and no rent control. It's very sad day for the renters with large rent increases. Landlords should be more understanding to renters
The joy's of trying to get by in Canada. I've been watching every big city in Alberta grow as unemployment grew in many area's, while specific skill set jobs couldn't be filled. Residential construction soared, but somehow were sold. The population grew, government grew, the cost of living increased. People's wages either stagnated or fell but taxation increased, to pay for new better paid government employees and politicians. The governments all claimed they made life better, cheaper for all. Homelessness grew, addiction grew, crime grew.and people just tried to make it through the day. Until they were affected most people didn't know or care. Canada 2024 still better than most, but not as good as it was. Calgary's benefits are still obvious, but the less obvious negatives are starting to become visible to everyone. You are one of those pointing these less hidden negatives, as those who can take advantage of these circumstances to profit, do. Well done report on the real effects on real people in Calgary, Alberta, and Canada as a whole.
Yeah that’s exactly it. Canada is still a great place to live but it could be SO MUCH BETTER if it was managed properly and grown at a sustainable rate.
Interesting, I just checked and see that minimum wage was increasing every year in every province except in Alberta where it's stuck at 2018 level. Hm...
In the U.S. home repair prices are way higher. I got a roof 20 years ago it cost 3000 dollars. Now the same roof is 20000. Water heaters were 300 dollars 15 years ago, now the energy efficient one is 3000.
umm this is hyperbole. I just got a new naturalgas hot water tank installed in AZ for $1,100 all in. A new fiberglass shingle roof is more like $10,000 usd. In Canada $15,000. Yes you can choose the rich man's options for hot wter and roof but you could in the past too, not for $300 water nor $3,000 roof
another issue is too many ppl moving from other provinces like BC and Ontario. They also increased the costs for everyone in Alberta. alberta is full . no more ppl.
It’s interesting to me that some want to pretend that the problem is just migration and not the pretty blatant greed of corporations. People who just focus on that give themselves away.
I am from Ottawa and I thought that Calgary and Alberta were cheap places to live in. Thanks 😊 alot for making this video even though it makes me sad 😢.
I hope it works out for your mom, Alina. It's got to be quite jarring for a senior to receive such an increased rent cost. It's downright criminal what the different levels of government have done to the well-being of ordinary Canadians. Surely they must have known that importing such vast quantities of people without an equal number of new home builds would be disasterous.
@AellaMaude-oy9qn why in the world would I share people's super personal details when it's nobody else's business? The fact of the matter is that people from all age groups are not able to afford life in Canada even though they have good jobs. The fact young people say they can't afford to have kids tells you everything you need to know about the current state of the economy.
Montreal still has lower rents than the other bigger cities in Canada. I'm in a higher bracket of rent because I live downtown so I get a rent subsidy from the QC government. The catch is you need to have French to get a good job..albeit some exceptions. If you can work remotely then great. The lack of rent control in Calgary is unacceptable. At least Vancouver (my hometown) has rent control for old renters. But the average rent for a one bedroom there is now around $ 2700-2800. The most expensive rents in the country. There is simply no incentive for me to move back there. If things continue like this I'm considering Vietnam or somewhere like that lol.
My grandson and his girlfriend’s rent went up 400, which they were very hard pressed to pay. This is outrageous that Daniel smith is allowing this to happen. People are desperately just trying to stay afloat and if the government doesn’t step in and put a cap on rents what’s going to happen. Single moms homeless on the street with their children, come on where is the humanity here.
She's letting them abuse the population with this limitless rental increase option. Foreign owners can empty entire buildings of our people this way. It's an attack really.
25 years ago Boardwalk properties were doing the exact same thing in Edmonton and Calgary. I avoided using that management company as much as I could. 20 years ago I rented an apartment just north of Chinook Mall, stayed there for 10 years. They started jacking up my rent, so I bought the house I am currently in Chestermere, been here 10 years. Not much has changed for me, my mortgage goes up $200 next month, natural gas and electricity has gone up, but I installed solar panels to help with that. I work with many new Canadians, and 2 of them have stated they think Canada is worse than where they came from, and they are planning to move back. I work for a big company, and many people have moved from BC and Ontario because of the costs of living. They are building a lot of new condos and houses in East Hills and Chestermere, but who can afford these places when rent is so high?
"Rent control" just makes housing worse, look at NY. We need a stop to allowing new people showing up and depressing wages and pushing up inflation. I know this will not make the rich happy, but it will help the rest of us normal working class poor.
@@coreysgarden6169 doesn’t Vancouver have rent control? Lol it’s useless. Shit Toronto had it or has it now too right? Literally more expensive than NYC when factoring wages. I haven’t seen rent control work that well for the regular people.
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I unfortunately live in a building controlled by Avenue Living, and have previously lived in a building taken over by Boardwalk. Both are HORRIBLE landlords... We paid $1750/month for a 3 bdrm privately owned HOUSE (only 7 y/o when we moved in, circa 2018) with detached 2-car garage in Auburn Bay / Calgary. Now we live in Red Deer, and pay $1800 for a 2 bdrm apartment with an underground parking stall & no storage... Our rent jumped $60/mo when we renewed last month. We can all thank TRUDEAU for this... Alberta would've been able to handle the influx of Provincial migration, but not dumping 1,500,000 people into the country in 4 yrs.
Our mayor spends millions on a new logo and the people of Calgary are stuck with the bill of old brittle infrastructure.... Street racing is up, policing is down, food is up and English is down, skilled trades are poor, Ferrari's, G wagons and scooters are up, river is high but Water is sparse, Rent is high, renters are all on AISH and all have more than one pet, Skilled trades men have 2 kids no pets and losing their houses!!! Aint Calgary Ga'reat!!!!👎👎👎👎👎
I live in in the St. Louis area about 35 miles from downtown, we had a 38% increase in our property tax in just one year and now pay $408 more per month to live where we have for 16 years. In less than 5 years I am selling off everything and moving overseas. I planned on retiring in 12 years, but making it 5 now since I may not be able to live here even on 6 figure salary. That $4800+ I pay more now a year takes that money from what I would have put into investments or going out to dinners....very sad
Unfortunately, Calgary did this to itself. Everyone saying how great Alberta is lured so many people and now people are having demand for housing. This is the state of the world Unfortunately and an issue across North America.
Just because there was a marketing campaign to bring people to Alberta doesn't mean that was the reason people came. People were going to come to Calgary from Toronto no matter what. Prices were getting out of hand in Toronto and other cities in Ontario, the only option for many left was to come to Alberta, primarily Calgary, because of the milder winter temperature. No different than people moving from Calgary to places like Saskatchewan to find lower cost of living.
@@cityboyis2 Right, I don't mean that 'people from Toronto are causing price increases' I mean that so many people from everywhere moved to Calgary and caused demand. Homes in my city went up 300k in a matter of five years as well and I live in a very mild beach town in Ontario. This is the eb and flow of life unfortunately and this kind of thing has been going on since the formation of organized towns.
The last month, avenueliving just bought the apartment building we live in. Great. We're in SW Calgary. Rent has gone up and up every few months and food is up higher all the time. Well, what to do? I'm 80 next year and my wife and I live on pensions that slowly slowly increase, in a joking manner. Thanks for this, Alina!
Same here! Wow it seems they have been heavily investing in buying up more and more. Consolidating, and monopolizing properties. Usually always a bad sign for the consumers, and in our case tenants.
@@chadklasens4927 I must say that my worries came to nothing (so far). avenueliving has NOT increased my rent at all and is letting me give them post-dated cheques for the remainder of my lease with the old landlord. And, they're kind of nice to deal with. Truth.
Good video to focus attention on the social problems.....government need to take responsibility. It's out of control greed and yes you can call it free market if you buy all the property and land you can charge whatever you want........
My sister and I rented from Avenue Living. In one year our rent went from $1400 to $2400. We had ice on our walls in winter, people breaking into the foyer to sleep and do drugs, the elevator broke every week, the underground parking flooded... so many problems.
As a 22yr old Canadian born & raised in Ontario I moved to Edmonton a year ago… I got into the Condo Market ASAP because it wouldn’t surprise me to see the story of Calgary come here to Edmonton too, thankfully I should only be affected minimally when that happens due to purchasing a place For myself the reason I came to Alberta is because the prices in Ontario were like $1,700 monthly… I wanted to stay but they priced young ppl like me out of the province I recommend everyone to purchase a place if you can before the prices get worse
Thank you for this video - I had no idea things were getting this bad in Calgary. I've been living in Toronto for over 20 years, and the situation is unbearable now... especially for younger adults, who can't move out on their own and live independently, and seniors who can't afford a decent living after working all their lives. I just hope that the situation will improve, and soon!
@AlinaMcleod and so sad that this situation is now hitting Alberta. Good luck to your mom! I really hope she finds something affordable before her lease is up. 🙏
@@InDahoodYooo still not ideal to live in a tent. a beach doesn't help if you have no food or shelter. some places go into the minus in winter time. the point is no one should be homeless in our rich countries.
Looking forward to your Edmonton video. I am here now. Also Avenue Living just purchased our Condo property last month. So this definitely leaves me with a negative first impression of this company. They should not be able to raise the rent that drastically, such as In your Mothers circumstance. I really hope that they will not try that bullshit here now!
*You know what the government says this immigration is doing? "Strengthening our labour force."* *Yah... Right!! It is ruining real-estate values. Supply and demand ratios are jacked now.* 😑
Great video. I agree with every comment. I lived in Calgary for 16 yrs & to think I had trouble selling my house in a prime south lake community....barely made any money. This is what can happen in a 10 yr span.
The problem is not about Alberta but about the Trudeau govt. For instance, Quebec has rent control but it still does not prevent it from having the same rental crisis. In Quebec, they use renoviction (renovation and eviction) to kick people out and then find people who are ready to pay a higher rent. Now the mass immigration problem. This has been caused by the Trudeau govt taking in 1 million people per year when we are not building the same quantity of houses. In Montreal, people are lining up to visit new apartments and often go into a bidding contest in order to obtain the apartment. There are no borders inside of Canada and people are free to move wherever they want. Alberta is only victim of its own success. What is crazy is that the bank of Canada keeps interest rates high to try counter inflation but this also does not encourage developers to build new houses while the Trudeau govt keeps putting gas on fire while increasing the number of immigrants who then compete with the locals for the same food and shelter. Remember- inflation = too much money chasing too few goods. Immigrants are bringing their money with them or getting money from the govt (that’s the too much money) and the shelters and other goods are too few. Now the Trudeau govt came with a new capital gains tax to discourage even more the moms and pops to invest into real estate. Now add carbon tax, Netflix tax. It seems like there’s no stop to how it can get worst when libs are in power.
I liked what you just said because no one is talking about Trudeau govt, they allow 1million people and people a blaming the 1million people. Crazy to see that population think Trudeau govt is doing right and the immigrants are the wrong guys.
She's stupid to talk about rent control as a solution. She should learn Econ 101 to know that would make things worse for the renters first and foremost. Trudy brings in millions of people in while makes it too expensive and hard to build homes, they have to go somewhere. Newcomers are offer 5k a month with hotels, foods... while disabled Canadians received 1k a month, talking about fairness, where our taxes go and create this crazy inflation. The NDP lib mob in Calgary keeps blaming Conservatives for this. I challenge them to move to somewhere that doesn't have the same issue under Trudy!
The problem is ALL LEVELS of gov't pandering to parasitic "investors" over the past 20 years, including all the "moms & pops", most of whom are no less parasitic than the corporate REITs are. We have 2 elder generations relying on OTHER PEOPLE PAYING THEIR MORTGAGES in order to fund their retirements, giving zero f*cks about the chaos they're leaving behind for the rest of us.
O" Canada is becoming like where I live ' O California. Both Canada and California now have 40 million people and the problems are becoming somewhat similar. Looking at your chart on immigration--There is no rent control due to the massive levels of immigration -supply and demand. (Canadian and California women average less than 2 children each!).
The Alberta government says NO to rent caps, saying they don't work and will cause homelessness. I am on AISH and live in a horrible part of the city. My rent is 1250.00 and I asked how much it was going to go up when I renew my lease ( I have been here for 5 years) I was told it would likely be 1500.00 plus. I get 1860 on aish. The following year it will prob go up by a few hundred a month if this continues. Having a rent cap is going to save people from being homeless. Not having one, I will definitely be homeless in the near future. With rent, utilities, bus , laundry and tenant insurance I am going to be lucky if i have $100 a month for food. The next increase I will be homeless.
I am in the far south of Calgary, we moved in 4 years ago and were paying $1400/month for a 2 bedroom townhouse, we live in the far south because of how affordable it was to be away from the downtown area. We’re now paying $2150 which includes a $700/month increase. Our landlord says it’s because of the interest rates, it sucks though. We’re being forced out of the city. Even in High River it’s very expensive and we will have to look even further away from the city.
When my family and I moved here from BC in 2021, our 2-bedroom apt (Stratton Oaks, managed by Hollyburn Properties) was 1250 CAD. Two years later it was 2500 CAD, exactly double). Price gouging at its finest.
Yeah, I agree Alina. We need to cut down the number of refugees. Calgary real estate is way too expensive as more people from Toronto and Vancouver move in.
Hi Alina my family and I have been living in a condo for more than 3 years now. First we rented it for 2 years lease. And when it came for us to renew the lease, they sold to another company and the new owners increased our rent from $1500 - $2200. It was insane. And we didn’t even get the discount like the rest of the current tenants got either. Good thing we don’t have to worry about for another year. Cuz we leased it for two more years. But I’m afraid what will happened once the two years up. 😩😔. Thank you Alina for speaking out for such causes. Keep up the great work
The rent increases are insane. We are lucky and have a wonderful landlord who keeps our rent affordable. But I fear the day when she wants to sell this house because we will never be able to afford to buy a house and the rent in a few years from now will only be worse. It’s just such a depressing and stressful situation for all of us as a country. I do think we need to pump the brakes hard on immigration to try and slow this down for everyone.
Edmonton too, I think has experienced higher cost of rent but not as Calgary yet. Edmonton is always less expensive than Calgary. I'm waiting for your Edmonton video.
It would be worth purchasing even an older bachelor sized condo if possible. You may not have the amt of space you would like, but at least you have some control over your monthly payments. What a terrible situation!
Alberta’s ad for people to come to Alberta was highly successful at the deferment of the Calgarians that are and have been living here for years . Danielle Smith needs to stop the ads
Sorry to hear about your Mom and the other tenants. I just wanted to repeat that you should protes policies that get in the way of development (like zoning and other land use restrictions). There's a reason housing costs are outpacing other prices even though new residents consume much more than just housing. Cities MUST make it easier to build housing.
As a legal immigrant to Canada (who 'landed' here with an IT job from a Canadian company) more than 25 years ago, the Canada of today is unrecognizable. Parts of the GTA and even other cities in Canada look more like an Indian or Pakistani slum. That's not what I came to Canada for. It's a shame and it's not racist to point that out. I say that as someone with Pakistani heritage. We came here to be Canadians first and assimilate and contribute to this country. Now people are short-circuiting the system coming in as fake students by the 100s of thousands. It's shameful what the government has allowed.
whats the gta?
@@gizemlikisi6213 Greater Toronto Area
@@luvaholic thanks
Indian or Pakistani slum yes this is what happens wherever they go
Thank you for saying that.
Canada needs to pause immigration for a decade except for specialists that are not available in Canada. Trudeau has destroyed this country.
Don't forget it was Harper that really went "all in" on the temporary foreign workers well before Trudeau. Canada needs immigrants-look at our birth rate- the problem is it was too many too quickly these past 2 years especially.
You guys vote in idiots in your province with no plan and then act shocked each and every time when they show poor results. It needs to be studied.
@islakay.. really?…can you provide a link where I can see him quoted as saying that?
@@Lola-de3wo.. immigration is federal jurisdiction, not provincial
The gov is actually doing the opposite. They want a million new immigrants a year over the next 100 years to reach a population of 200 million. This is why they lowered the standards so much recently. I hope they review this policy to go back to what it was before bringing only doctors and engineers
Congratulations for using your platform for a good and necessary cause, Alina.
Agreed 100%!!
Such a good cause. Let in millions of broke Indians lol
And to her credit, she admitted her past expectations were false. But she didn't graduate in poli sci or economics. Therefore, didn't add up the government policies that are disastrous. Now ME, I was totally convinced it was money laundering. But mafias aren't the ONLY people whose goals conflict with the larger society. City of London ignores what is good for UK. Panama Papers documented City of London's practices.
Thanks for calling out mass immigration. This is the policy put in place over decades by the developer/speculator/bank lobby. Their front organization is the Century Initiative whose goal is to triple Canada's population to over 100 million. All this to make the wealthy wealthier with real estate inflation and an endless supply of cheap labour.
Yeah immigration is necessary, but not in the way they've gone about it.
@@AlinaMcleod Immigration has been sold by the corporate media as being vital for the "economy" but from the point of people and the land it has been a disaster. We need to invest in Canadians and lower housing costs and environmental stress.
@@AlinaMcleod It really isn't this infinite growth model just ends in Collapse. If no immigrants moved here housing would drop fast and jobs would pay more allowing more people to have babies who can not afford it right now. It would just balance itself out. The majority of Canadians not having children is a monetary choice. You need a family income over 200k to have kids, a small house and a family vacation in most of Canada unless you plan to live off government subsidies. The government is flat broke and about to lose the ability to create debt as interest payments continue to climb ever higher. So if you plan for the government to pay your way good luck you got 3 years tops.
I’m of the opinion that Canada needs a 0 immigration for 10 years. With the exception of medical or if you build your own place in the middle of no where.
We do not need more Indian bankers and foreign students. Also businesses get grants for hiring foreigners. By our tax dollars. So it’s not fair to local Canadians.
Canada is a lobotomized and castrated society when it comes to controlling its immigration. For decades the Left Wing in this country has mouthed-off and indoctrinated the population that immigration to Canada is the RIGHT of everyone else in the so-called third world, even though they had almost nothing to do with building this country for 450 years up to 1970 into a country that is one of the richest, safest, healthiest, most educated, most democratic and most functional countries anywhere. The right wing likes mass immigration too for its economic benefits, already discussed in previous comments. It won't be long before European-descended Canadians (called "whites" in the news-media) are the VISIBLE MINORITY in this country, and when that happens, they will have even LESS POWER politically, socially and culturally than they do already.
The housing crisis is now beginning to spread to areas that were once affordable. Since the housing crisis will never be solved (hint: the politicians and their greedy corporate and developer backers don't want it to be solved), this country is headed for economic collapse.
You can't expect people to pay more than they can afford for housing and expect that kind of arrangement to be sustainable. And the RCMP are worried that we might soon be headed for mass civil unrest.
There is no reason why, in a wealthy, technologically advanced country like Canada with all the land and natural resources it has, that there should even be a housing crisis. Except greed and sadism on the part of the people who are profiting so handsomely from the crisis.
It's not only greed. There's more to it. It's happening all over the Western World, but maybe faster in North America and even faster in Canada. They are pulling the plug on us. It's part of a much larger agenda.
I'm hearing rumbles of 2008, when the world collapsed due to real estate speculation. Could be mistaken, but housing is a massive bubble in Canada.
@@JimMork-r9u It is a bubble, but somehow the government and its bankster henchmen have somehow prevened the bubble from popping.
Developers now asking for tax breaks to build lol
@@jay1645 It is called "crony capitalism". Many classic north American fortunes are rooted in favors granted by governments. I gotta imagine VIA Rail made some people rich.
Corporations should not be allowed to buy housing.
And government shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the supposedly free market. You whine about unsustainable immigration numbers and not enough housing (all caused by politicians), and you want to give the government more power to control market pricing? There wouldn't be a housing crisis if not for insane immigration and bureaucracy that caused this! Trust the arsonists to put out the fires that they ignited! Corporate greed wouldn't even matter if you had reasonable immigration, and if building permits, along with insane inflation caused by the government didn't put us in this mess to begin with! There would be an overabundance of houses, and corporations wouldn't be able to give the houses away.
I'd rather live in a home own by a corporation than private. I have moved a bunch of times, all my worst and I truly mean worst experience has been with private owners, they will raise rent by 5 or 6 hundred too plus if you break their lease they demand you still pay for the rest of the lease unless they find another tenant, with corporations they just need 2 months notice.
@@tpexchange4290 With private it depends on the landlord, with a corporation you know for sure you're getting pinched for every penny the market can bare
That's what our current government wants -100% control in the housing here.
Corporations are not the problem, it's mom and pop investors and mass immigration
Fact is Canada has become unaffordable and I don’t think the trend will ever reverse again.
this country is done
Maybe not. But if that prediction comes true, blame the adoption of the absurd English election system. A lot wrong in the USA can be traced to fighting for independence, but then installing a dysfunctional English set of election practices. Does any WELL run country elect the way North America does? Name one.
@@AaronMT sadly it’s not just Canada that has become unaffordable now, most Western countries are struggling with high food, utilities and rental costs pushing many in the street.
I've said the same thing recently. This will never reverse course. It's done.
Every country around the globe is going through the same thing.
Calgary is not the only city in Canada that is experiencing higher costs of living. Even Saskatchewan, the most affordable province in Canada is seeing crazy inflation. Excessive immigration is driving up the cost of everything including accommodation. We can thank Trudeau for that . I work across Canada, currently in the NWT. I am seeing this everywhere. Even remote cities are unrecognizable due to excessive immigration. . I don’t feel like I’m in Canada anymore. Canadians don’t even have enough jobs or housing. Why are we accepting so many immigrants like it’s a free-for-all? We can’t even take care of our own.😢 This is no longer the Canada that I loved..
I'm a legal immigrant to BC and yes Canada becomes unrecognizable. My theory is that the unprofessionalism, greed and incompetence is the cause for it. Decision makers don't have a solution where to employ probably close to a million individuals employed in immigration services and adjacent fields. The blood of every country is manufacturing, yet Canada wants to stay green and replace the blood with tourist and education money. Do you see a lot of manufacturing? The ones are there produce products with higher prices given less logistic costs. Mass migration is a secondary problem, your first problem is incompetent decision makers.
Doesn't help that the provincial UCP have been running ads in Ontario and BC telling people to come here either. It used to be a best kept secret.
Right now, there is a difference between provinces, but that can't be maintained if financial economics for the whole country aren't improved. Take a look at Japan, where inflation is the most under control. Their central bank is rationally run, I would surmise.
@@Aristaifly What of any significance does Canada domestically produce anymore. I had a Canadian make Toyota once. What probability is there I could find one now?
@@JimMork-r9u good question! I came up with couple brand names but then remembered that either materials or product itself is made somewhere else. I once worked at the window factory, glass was local but the frame material came from Germany (the owner was German). Dairy companies perhaps?
My sisters Rent went from $1450 a month to $2000. That is insane and her place is small
Don't fret Calgarian's , Trudeau has a master plan to start renting grave sites to the homeless to pitch tents with no cost to the deceased when winter makes them expire and will make even more available housing for immigrants .
Hard to believe!
Your sister can rent my condo and cheaper
That's messed up! Sorry to hear.
Not only that, the price of some popular items in grocery stores is increasing every 2-3 weeks. Either the price is up, or they just shrink the package to make it smaller
Thanks for sharing another great video! Housing and rent have become such a mess in Canada, in every big city, it's discouraging.
I thought US real estate inflation was crazy... but then I saw Canada's real estate chart. Now THAT'S crazy!!! - WW
Canadians would all move to the US if we can. If only US can open the door for hard working Canadians rather than illegal aliens.
@@DailyWisdom37🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 USA USA USA
@@DailyWisdom37 Pretty sure if Trump wins, NOBODY gets in. And Biden is being forced to retreat from a welcoming policy. Be real. NOBODY can just swallow a giant foreign population. Violence in places like Venezuela is creating refugees. Need something between Trump and Biden. Call it New Realism.
Yup, it's about to pop
@@DailyWisdom37defiantly not true bud. That’s a load of bs.
Thanks for speaking up about this. Everyone is struggling but afraid to say why it's happening.
Waaaah.... I was stupid and never bought a house whine whine whine divorced my husband and ran away from responsibility and threw all my $$$ down the drain on rent and now rent is going up! We need government to save us from our STUPIDITY!!! waaaahhhh waaaaahhhhh And yes, corporations should not be able to buy more than a handful of homes/condos at most. Certainly not hundreds or thousands.
Why are you afraid ?? You guys should vote that bum trudeau out! Stand up for yourselves!!
You think its the immigrant, likely a 20 year old student, who is causing this problem? LOL This is what the rich, powerful capital class owners want you to think. That way you don't blame banks, landlords, developers, and the wealthy controllers in our society that create the problem.
Thank you for speaking out. And actually spending some time to talk to their management. Nice review showing both sides.
Alberta is 5x bigger than England - last year 700,000 migrants came to England (mostly from India, Pakistan, China and Nigeria). = Life here is becoming hell.
Don’t forget the 700k in the year before that
Emergency situation for sure, yuck
The UK is being overrun by immigrants. Your government is trying to erase you.
Which is ironic considering the UK did the biggest political move of the century leaving the EU to "have greater control over immigration".
It's all being done on purpose.
You should not be empathetic to the new management company. As a big company, they knew what they were getting involved in. It is absolutely outrageous! It should be illegal.
Solid points there, Peter.
Being a landlord should be illegal, in any capacity, should be illegal.
@@laid07 Maybe now. Maybe in Canada. My last two landlords were the most ethical and most likable. I own a house and question my sanity for abandoning renting when I was having an amazing experience.
@@JimMork-r9u I've never had an ethical landlord. Or management company. The last one (Zen Residential) straight up robbed me of $2000
@@thejoblesscoder I think your history might be more typical than mine. But somehow in decades of renting, I can remember one person who, about 50 years ago, made me shake my head in disbelief. That in the balance against maybe a dozen who were models of humanity. It isn't that I'm some "lucky person". A lot of events were very bad luck. But landlords? From today's perspective, I ask "where have such people gone?"
Great video Alina. I'm dealing with similar issues here in Toronto. Landlords trying to ask for 30% increases even though it would technically be illegal. Wishing you and your mother all the best.
Suits!!!!!!!
I don't wish to depress anyone, but when I was a teenager, my employer laid me off. I told the sweet guy managing my building I had no income, I'd have to give up my apartment. Toronto renters will shake their heads. He said "Don't leave something will turn up, you can go a while rent free" I think people like him are totally extinct!
@@ro33west Succinct but true!
What is happening to Calgary is truly depressing. I moved here in 2011 from Ontario and the city now is difficult to recognize. Fortunately my landlord hasnt jacked my rent to the sky yet. But I can't move and I can't afford to buy anything. And the change in Calgary and Canada is engineered by our governments, both provincial (with the Alberta is calling ads Still running in BC!!! 😭) and federal. It is sad - funny that the Trudeau government for a time tried to argue that immigration "wasn't the problem" in regards to the housing crisis. Like dumping a few extra million people into a country already with a huge housing shortage isn't going to exacerbate the problem?? Not to mention the lack of social infrastructure to support all these people! Health care system designed for 1.3 million in Calgary now supports 1.6+ with no increased capacity! Policing, transit etc etc - all stretched to the breaking point. And we haven't even talked about the WATER! supply yet 😭.
I am not anti immigration at all, but immigration that further compounds the multiple layers of crises in this country makes zero sense and is also a disservice to the people who pay a tonne of money to move here, and then find they have been sold a pipe dream.
The only power we have left is to vote in another direction. But the problem, is even if we do, where to move? There seems nowhere left in Canada that is reasonably affordable, where people have had their wages adjusted for inflation and housing isn't insane. Big business profits (because they have the money to lobby the government for policies that benefit them) >>>>> wins over regular people.
Standard of living in Canada is in freefall since 2020 and it doesn't look like anyone is going to put the brakes on soon.
Absolutely agree. Sadly that is the predicament and our government does not seem to want to acknowledge their mistakes and take drastic action to make it better.
@@erinb4919 Voting won’t help because both sides are greedy. Alberta is led by conservatives who continue to promote Alberta is calling when infrastructure can’t hold. Corporations are buying up homes and land to build then hike rents as the Alberta government is watching. The shelters meant for temporary housing transition are now permanently full with no move outs. Schools are starting to use ‘shipping containers’ for classes. Alberta problems are caused by Conservatives and liberals alike.
if you are not anti immigration...you should be
@@Headinavise unsolicited advice. You are in charge of you.
@@p.be.s not advice its fact
After 28 years of living in Calgary, I had to leave this city... my rent went up by 38% in April. Our city is now a drug infested city, we have the largest influx of immigrants in Canada and my bellowed city of Calgary is no more. We are living in a Fascist state folks and it will only get worse from here on. Thank you Alina for covering this. Stay strong everyone!
I BAILED awhile ago.... the Calgary I knew is gone and now it's just a giant sh*t-hole full of immigrants with values that to be perfectly blunt here.... are just completely foreign to me and NOT conducive to my upbringing and morals.
Attago Mr. Trudeau..... for successfully importing/transplanting 3rd world values/norms/lawlessness to Canada
Never thought to get on the property ladder in all that time?
@@karimkalache712 I'm not going to get into the details on this with you, Karim. Have a good day.
@@markamd1 No he's right. I'm 34 and I did it. What's your excuse?
@@karimkalache712
I had property(s) in Alberta..... just divested the last one recently.
My timing seems to have been perfect as Calgary is now rolling over with the immigrants now stuck with the premium valuations..... and I wish them the best of luck because the Bow Glacier feeding the Bow and Elbow rivers is done... fini...
and within 5 years Calgary will be a giant sh*t-hole of over-developed dropping valuation Real Estate as water rationing ensues.
Nice City of 800,000.... completely unsustainable at 1.4 million people LOL !
Thanks for speaking out on this ❤️ it’s a huge issue and unless radical change happens it will only get worse
Mass deportations is the only solution which will never happen as all the current politicians are globalists.
Things always get worse before they ever get better.
Man, this is very disturbing, the government is brining in immigrants (me being one of them) into the country and putting a strain on housing. Now we are in a situation where we left and spent a lot of money to come here and and can’t go back at the same time we feel bad for the Canadians.
Exactly. It's terrible for both Canadians and immigrants. I feel very sorry for all the people who probably spent their life savings moving to Canada, uprooting their whole families and then are more than likely disappointed that life here is not as stable and prosperous as the media makes it out to be.
Question why did you come? Its not like Canada actually grabbed your hand and brought you. Like dont you have a cast system back at home? The people coming here are the ones at the top casts. Thats why they treat workers so poorly because they are use to having servants. So if you had all that why did you come here?
@@FirstName-zt2myhonestly I’ve discovered that the quality of immigrants (technical skills, education levels, politeness and decency) have decreased, ESPECIALLY since the pandemic. I think the reason behind this is simply cuz the government is running out of money, so they open up immigration since a lot of immigrants pay humongous amounts of money to get citizenship here. You can see the same issue in universities. The international students now have to pay 5x to 10x more than local students, and so many are flooding in. All in all though, I’m hopeful in that we can all make this work. Currently they are just opening the flood gates but they def will calm down and I fundamentally believe we can all come together and shape Canada for the better. Cuz if you think about it logically, the immigrants spent all their money to get here, now they can’t really go back, why would anyone eff up a home they spent a fortune buying.
If mass immigration lowers wages how can rents go up this much as deflation should set in ?
@@rohitguptac It makes you wonder how many other immigrants would not have come if they too knew the truth of what they were coming into, before they made the decision to make the journey.
Appreciate you speaking up and raising awareness of what’s happening to Canada.
Thanks Alina welcome back home .hope you are having a great time with your mom .
UK has had two years in a row of over 650,000 net migration, most of which will go to London and the south east. It’s becoming a problem everywhere.
Saw somewhere that people just showed up in Republic of Ireland. Now Irish are protesting that Ireland is threatened culturally. They want Ireland back.
I dont think its a coincidence or an accident. After Brexit and Trump in the mid 2010's, they've seen that some of the policies they enact are not popular, and that it can cause a voter backlash.
They've full on thrown the doors open in the hopes of just replacing the voter base. This is what dispossession looks like.
"If you vote for the wrong things, we're not going to change our policies, we'll just change the voters"
we should have never stopped colonization. whites could have built better countries than blacks and browns
UK deserves to be invaded after its history
I am saddened about the news coming out of the UK. Now with tyrant Keer in power it looks like it can only get worse. At least we can share in our misery cause Canada is following the same path except with less Islam and more Hindu
Thank you. Stating the facts about the negative effects of mass migration or pop increase is not the same as blaming indivdual immigrants. It is Corporate Donor Class and Trudeu who are to blame.
Yeah I have absolutely nothing against the immigrants coming here, actually feel sorry for them since our country is kind of in shambles. I'm angry at the government who created these policies and is not adept at managing a budget.
@@AlinaMcleod So you are angry with the Alberta government which is the one most responsible for the situation in Calgary now?
@@AlinaMcleod
Thanks again Alina, I knew you knew the difference. And best of luck for your channel.
But may I suggest if you care about this topic, you make some videos about the notion that one day there will be more Voters who want the housing crisis to end, than who want it to continue (thinking it benefits them financially)?
In recent times, Politicians perceived the Voter numbers on this as being the opposite.
Note that we don't really know the voter numbers on this. For example, I own my own home, as do my sisters and my mother. But the housing crisis is most important to me bc my friends & dance teachers, and younger extended family are all currently or in the future, going to endure the wretchedness of the housing crisis.
A best mate of mine also suicided in 2023, with housing as a major determining factor. And there must be many more like me!
@@TheTroyc1982 The Federal government is primarily is responsible for immigration.
I live in Quebec and we deal with the same thing. Even in smaller cities the rent and home prices have increased like crazy. More and more homeless people also😢 they will need to do something. I don't think immigration is the only thing to blame though... The pandemic didn't help AT ALL.
Thank you for exposing this issue Alina. Politicians rarely listen to citizens these days, but someone has to start a real conversation about this and why not let it be you.
Many seniors looking at relocating outside Canada…that’s why many of us know who you are we’ve watched your videos
I'll be 58 soon and will be retiring in 2 years and it's something I'm thinking about.
Same. I'm looking at a country where the monthly expenses including rent, is less than just rent here.
And that's creating a problem in other countries.
Thank you for speaking out about this very apparent issues!!
Have 2 rentals in Edmonton. Tenants are great. Haven't raised rent in 8 years(and won't despite the costs going way up). The secret is good Tenants then everyone is happy.
Thank you for providing stable housing!
How much is the rent, maybe it was high to start with
I'd like to rent our units in BC under market prices too. If I was in Alberta I would do what you do. But the NDP government has basically made it impossible to do so. Their new policies make it imperative to price rent at or above market prices, the NDP policy will make rents skyrocket, cause disappearance of tens of thousands of units from being rented, and make more people homeless than we have now.
Ya but when your mortgage and property tax starts eating your savings it doesn't make sense to rent them out any longer....a lot of landlords are getting there.
Honestly this makes you a bad investor. Your units are a business; if you haven’t raised rent in 8 years you’re leaving money on the table. It may be “kind” of you but you are literally giving your residents your own money with this approach.
Alina, great video! I strongly recommend you create more content like this, which can resonate with many people and evoke strong emotional connections.
Perhaps from now on, your channel could shift a little bit from being a travel vlogger to focusing more on current social issues. This would reduce the demand and costs associated with traveling. You could also interview your followers or viewers, as everyone has a story to tell. These topics have the potential to attract a huge audience. You already have a strong foundation, including over 300,000 subscribers, excellent video editing skills, outstanding interview techniques, and a rational, objective perspective.
With many countries experiencing rapid and dramatic social changes, people are hungrier than ever for information. Your observations and reports will surely have a significant market.
Thanks! I will be doing more videos like this but to be honest it's not really what I love doing, travel is still my passion :)
I was born in Canada in 1948 and I remember when few roads were paved even. My generation and that of my parents and others who came to Canada before WW 2, built Canada with blood, sweat and tears and mmigration rules were "extremely" strict. We assimilated and adopted the Canadian culture!! When you come to Canada, adopt its culture and its language. We need to get back to STRICT immigration of old!! Immigration is out of control by the look of things. Why was Roxham Road open for sooo long allowing whoever in??
True govt seems hell bent on diluting anglos out of existence though
This happened to me in Denver Colorado back in 2016. A large corporation named WEIDNER bought out a property where I had been living for a few years and jacked up the rent over 40%. I was evicted and my credit was destroyed. It took me almost 6 years to get my credit good enough again to even be able to rent a property. I was not alone unless and this was not exclusive to Denver, it happened to millions of people, good hard-working people....
And that is still happening across the USA
Similar happened to me in Mpls MN area. Paid rent at time for 21 years and get one rent late for one month and get evicted. I'm in ok shape like carpenter contractor even no so many houses build now. Paid to that landlord countless time rent in advance and after get late on rent get envicted. Will sue.
alberta is calling.... calling to fk you up.
Indeed. :D
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I moved to Canada in 2014 from Eastern Europe, came here with big dreams and hopes, lived in Edmonton, AB for 8 years (living in Edmonton is not for everybody, I will leave it at that. BTW, there are people living in Saskatchewan and Manitoba that are DREAMING of moving to Edmonton), moved to Victoria, BC (the most desirable place to live in Canada by many), which I consider a great success, have been living here for over 2 years and now I am contemplating to go back and move to my home county. I hope this paints a good picture for people considering moving to Canada...Do not get scammed! Cheers. P.S. If you are a renter, do move to BC - controlled yearly rent increases, only 1/2 amount monthly rent damage deposit and tenant here has more rights than a landlord (not really sure that is how is suppose to be...).
@@TheAcemaster25 Sad that a happy life in Eastern Europe is that hard to achieve. Why should residents in those countries have to seek a life in North America? I think most of us know the answer. The failure of European states become a Canadian problem.
@@JimMork-r9uno! The global politics of igniting and funding the wars in the areas where the USA has its interests is to blame! The governments today are all lining up to fulfill the globalists agenda (I.e. of the global corporations and banks). This agenda has nothing to do with the interests of their own citizens. But the national governments follow the orders to stay in power. Canada and the USA benefit from the turmoil in other countries through the inflow of capital, slave labor and access to cheap resources. It has been like that for at least a century. But now the Western world is collapsing because it cannot live forever on the abuse and exploitation of other countries. The countries speak up. This is the other side of globalism with the total access to information and new technologies. The old capitalism created its own death.
Don’t allow anyone to enter Canada. Writing from Colorado.
Great video Alina! Kudos for covering this topic!
As someone who used to live in Calgary but no longer, I feeling like I dodged a bullet. I live in the prairies and it's affordable here. Got a couple houses, car, family, a good job and zero debt.
That won't last unfortunately.
"Coming to prairies near you!" :) Congrats, but this whole concept of Canada is just a scam.
Wonder how long that affordability will last, only a matter of time before people start moving to smaller towns
I moved to the prairies 2 years ago and the prices are going up here too but luckily in MB there is rent control
I'm going to be living on a fixed. Income. I'm going to Soacha Colombia
Only increased by 55k in population but the average house price went from $450k to $650k? WTH is going on here? Is this for real?
55,000 is interprovincial migration for all of Alberta. I said 200,000 people moved to Alberta in 2023 and almost 100,000 of them went to Calgary.
Inelastic demand meets finite supply. Economics in action
And we have added approximately 400,000 more people to Calgary since the 2021 census. 1.3 M in 2021 vs. 1.7 now, and it's only going up! What a train wreck!
excactly this is nt due solely to influx
@@silviapopa1121 holy moly, within a decade Calgary will surpass Montreal and Toronto in population
In Lethbridge, the listings on Kijiji for rental properties are almost 100% private equity companies. They have increased the rents in this small city astronomically.
This is what Calgary's solution to counter the mass migration coming from other provinces especially from Vancouver and Toronto
Damn. It's like this everywhere and getting worse
This problem isn't just with Calgary, it is all across Canada. Also, it not only effects housing, it has detrimental impact on the job market creating a situation of severe unemployment. There are simply not enough jobs available to absorb this mass immigrant migration.
For sure. Plus all other social services. You can't just drop a million people into a country and expect the healthcare and judicial system to cope, especially post covid. Just idiotic policy.
but many immigrants get job easily though
@@jesso-bn4tkthose are survival jobs. Jobs intended for highschoolers. Now teens are affected
Well said. Liberals got excited by Merkle's 1 million immigrant experiment in Germany
@@teekbooy4467 go and look government , psw ,tech ,bank and networking
I used to think that it is a big world and there is room for all of us. I am wrong.
Thank-you Alina for being a much-needed voice for so many!
Hey Alina, I hate how overcrowding Calgary has become. Especially with all the massive influx of immigrants in the last year
My parents building was bought out by "Avenue Living" last year, there rent went up last year $350 and now once again another $350 where they can no longer afford to live where they can they are both 76 seniors and now cant afford to live in an apartment or anywhere else in Calgary its Beyond ridiculous. They are seniors and are now going to be homeless.
So sorry to hear it happened to them as well.
If mass immigration lowers wages how can rents go up this much as deflation should set in ?
@@jay1645 answer: there is now a shortage of housing. Supply and demand determines prices, always. supply can't meet demand until price rises bring it into balance. With more people than homes, you automatically push the poorest out of their homes onto the streets or to other provinces (or to other countries) Solutions: reduce the demand - stop immigration - or increase the supply - built a heckuva lot more homes a lot faster. Those are the only 2 choices to bring housing to affordability. To motivate more building requires a host of reforms on zoning, regulation and taxation, plus education of tradespeople - this is not easy at all, but the red states in the USA have done it successfully. To reduce immigration is easier - just vote Conservative next year.
Groceries, Gas, Utilities everything have gone up.
My apartment in Northwest Calgary went from $1800 to $2250 this year. I am considering to leave canada by end of this year. I cant afford to live here anymore.
Sorry to hear that.
I wish I could leave but I'm not allowed
Read a comment today by a fellow from Malaysia. Immigrated to Canada with his family 30 years ago. Is now returning for the ease of living expenses and ease of medical services provided, some of which that take months of waiting here can be had within 48 hours.
This is a great video Alina
I have 2 friends that live in Calgary. They both bought a house around 2004. One has a 2800 sq ft house with an extended garage the other has 2500 sq ft. Their mortgages are almost over and they never paid more than $2000 a month. These houses are almost 1 million now. They have made more money on these houses than I have been able to save by working at my job...a job I had to go to school for. This is why rich people (government / leadership) and property owners love immigration no matter what. Prepare for civil unrest.
If in 2004 when I bought my house, it’s now 1.5 M so yeah we made money but problem is we are paying higher taxes, insurance and utilities now that tripled so everybody is suffering. I have another house I bought for 180 k in 2004 and is now north of 600 k so yes there were gains but same idea, everything has gone up to keep it
Good problems to have
I agree with Alina. Something needs to change
I worked for Avenue Living a decade ago, they are evil and must be broken up.
Thanks for helping out your fellow Canadians. You're the pride of Saskatoon!
Aw thanks!
Politicians always screw things up.
especially the right wing nutjobs in Alberta!!
Politicians have to be voted in by somebody. Blame all the woke liberals/socialists/progressives who've been voting for diversity and inclusion since Pierre Trudeau took office. Import the third world to the first world and you will not have a first world nation anymore.
@@lambofan2024 rent control and the property market is a PROVINCIAL repsonsibility! No rent cntrol in Alberta. This has evertthing to do wth the IDIOTS who voted for Danelle Smith at the last AB election!!
Don't fret Calgarian's , Trudeau has a master plan to star renting grave sites to the homeless to pitch tents with no cost to the deceased when winter makes them expire and will make even more available housing for immigrants .
Don't fret Calgarian's , Trudeau has a master plan to start renting grave sites to the homeless to pitch tents with no cost to the deceased when winter makes them expire and will make even more available housing for immigrants .
It's an absolute disgrace, Alina. It's happening all over the world including here in Ireland. This is called selfish capitalist greed. 😡🇮🇪💙🇨🇦
They should listen the owner of the apartment, who may use the rent to complement his pention....
This is not capitalist greed. All capitalist countries were able to maintain manageable numbers of immigrants for many decades. It's this new insane leftist ideology that drives mass immigration.
I enjoyed your video on affordability in Calgary and no rent control. It's very sad day for the renters with large rent increases. Landlords should be more understanding to renters
The joy's of trying to get by in Canada. I've been watching every big city in Alberta grow as unemployment grew in many area's, while specific skill set jobs couldn't be filled. Residential construction soared, but somehow were sold. The population grew, government grew, the cost of living increased. People's wages either stagnated or fell but taxation increased, to pay for new better paid government employees and politicians. The governments all claimed they made life better, cheaper for all. Homelessness grew, addiction grew, crime grew.and people just tried to make it through the day. Until they were affected most people didn't know or care. Canada 2024 still better than most, but not as good as it was. Calgary's benefits are still obvious, but the less obvious negatives are starting to become visible to everyone. You are one of those pointing these less hidden negatives, as those who can take advantage of these circumstances to profit, do. Well done report on the real effects on real people in Calgary, Alberta, and Canada as a whole.
Yeah that’s exactly it. Canada is still a great place to live but it could be SO MUCH BETTER if it was managed properly and grown at a sustainable rate.
Interesting, I just checked and see that minimum wage was increasing every year in every province except in Alberta where it's stuck at 2018 level. Hm...
Not just Calgary all around Canada it happens. Jobs are being occupied by one group etnicity etc etc. Government should do something urgently.
In the U.S. home repair prices are way higher. I got a roof 20 years ago it cost 3000 dollars. Now the same roof is 20000. Water heaters were 300 dollars 15 years ago, now the energy efficient one is 3000.
Canadian costs are same or higher
umm this is hyperbole. I just got a new naturalgas hot water tank installed in AZ for $1,100 all in. A new fiberglass shingle roof is more like $10,000 usd. In Canada $15,000. Yes you can choose the rich man's options for hot wter and roof but you could in the past too, not for $300 water nor $3,000 roof
Live in a tent
another issue is too many ppl moving from other provinces like BC and Ontario. They also increased the costs for everyone in Alberta. alberta is full . no more ppl.
Blame COVID lockdowns & vaxx mandates (in Ontario & BC).
It’s interesting to me that some want to pretend that the problem is just migration and not the pretty blatant greed of corporations. People who just focus on that give themselves away.
I am from Ottawa and I thought that Calgary and Alberta were cheap places to live in. Thanks 😊 alot for making this video even though it makes me sad 😢.
Rent controls are not the solution. The root problems are out-of-control immigration, and the housing supply capability shortage.
I hope it works out for your mom, Alina. It's got to be quite jarring for a senior to receive such an increased rent cost. It's downright criminal what the different levels of government have done to the well-being of ordinary Canadians. Surely they must have known that importing such vast quantities of people without an equal number of new home builds would be disasterous.
Our government hasn't made many great decisions, so sadly it's not surprising.
@AellaMaude-oy9qn why in the world would I share people's super personal details when it's nobody else's business? The fact of the matter is that people from all age groups are not able to afford life in Canada even though they have good jobs. The fact young people say they can't afford to have kids tells you everything you need to know about the current state of the economy.
Montreal still has lower rents than the other bigger cities in Canada. I'm in a higher bracket of rent because I live downtown so I get a rent subsidy from the QC government. The catch is you need to have French to get a good job..albeit some exceptions. If you can work remotely then great. The lack of rent control in Calgary is unacceptable. At least Vancouver (my hometown) has rent control for old renters. But the average rent for a one bedroom there is now around $ 2700-2800. The most expensive rents in the country. There is simply no incentive for me to move back there. If things continue like this I'm considering Vietnam or somewhere like that lol.
Seems like Montreal rent now is cheaper than in Calgary..
@@AndySowyer yes it is on average.
Vive Montréal! Je paie $900/m pour un studio.
My grandson and his girlfriend’s rent went up 400, which they were very hard pressed to pay. This is outrageous that Daniel smith is allowing this to happen. People are desperately just trying to stay afloat and if the government doesn’t step in and put a cap on rents what’s going to happen. Single moms homeless on the street with their children, come on where is the humanity here.
she cares to pander to her corporate buddies with cheap labor
@@mt-bd9wi Mass immigration, cheaper labor .. lower rents ? Deflation should be setting in ?
She's letting them abuse the population with this limitless rental increase option. Foreign owners can empty entire buildings of our people this way. It's an attack really.
25 years ago Boardwalk properties were doing the exact same thing in Edmonton and Calgary. I avoided using that management company as much as I could. 20 years ago I rented an apartment just north of Chinook Mall, stayed there for 10 years. They started jacking up my rent, so I bought the house I am currently in Chestermere, been here 10 years. Not much has changed for me, my mortgage goes up $200 next month, natural gas and electricity has gone up, but I installed solar panels to help with that.
I work with many new Canadians, and 2 of them have stated they think Canada is worse than where they came from, and they are planning to move back. I work for a big company, and many people have moved from BC and Ontario because of the costs of living.
They are building a lot of new condos and houses in East Hills and Chestermere, but who can afford these places when rent is so high?
"Rent control" just makes housing worse, look at NY. We need a stop to allowing new people showing up and depressing wages and pushing up inflation. I know this will not make the rich happy, but it will help the rest of us normal working class poor.
@@coreysgarden6169 doesn’t Vancouver have rent control? Lol it’s useless. Shit Toronto had it or has it now too right? Literally more expensive than NYC when factoring wages. I haven’t seen rent control work that well for the regular people.
This is most sad. Thank you for helping out. All across the world we messing with the elderly. God bless your cause. We need to take care of them.
We sure do. Many seniors all over the world are not able to have any sort of retirement because of the cost of living. It's deplorable.
Gutsy video Alina, nice work.
Thank you for speaking up about it!
My question is, where is the government? What is the role of government, it's to protect citizens if they can't why we are having government then ?
40% of Canadian MPs and MLAs are real estate "investors" and/or landlords. This was all by design.
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I unfortunately live in a building controlled by Avenue Living, and have previously lived in a building taken over by Boardwalk. Both are HORRIBLE landlords...
We paid $1750/month for a 3 bdrm privately owned HOUSE (only 7 y/o when we moved in, circa 2018) with detached 2-car garage in Auburn Bay / Calgary.
Now we live in Red Deer, and pay $1800 for a 2 bdrm apartment with an underground parking stall & no storage... Our rent jumped $60/mo when we renewed last month.
We can all thank TRUDEAU for this... Alberta would've been able to handle the influx of Provincial migration, but not dumping 1,500,000 people into the country in 4 yrs.
Also thank Danielle Smith for those fake ads Alberta is calling. Alberta is falling nit calling 😂😂😂
Karma will be when these landlords have to pay out the huge capital gains taxes when they eventually sell.
@@-Ordinary-Average-Guy
But in the end, the tenants will be bearing the brunt.
Our mayor spends millions on a new logo and the people of Calgary are stuck with the bill of old brittle infrastructure.... Street racing is up, policing is down, food is up and English is down, skilled trades are poor, Ferrari's,
G wagons and scooters are up, river is high but Water is sparse, Rent is high, renters are all on AISH and all have more than one pet, Skilled trades men have 2 kids no pets and losing their houses!!! Aint Calgary Ga'reat!!!!👎👎👎👎👎
I live in in the St. Louis area about 35 miles from downtown, we had a 38% increase in our property tax in just one year and now pay $408 more per month to live where we have for 16 years. In less than 5 years I am selling off everything and moving overseas. I planned on retiring in 12 years, but making it 5 now since I may not be able to live here even on 6 figure salary. That $4800+ I pay more now a year takes that money from what I would have put into investments or going out to dinners....very sad
Good idea, best to do the move before they build the wall to keep people in instead of out.
I'm very sorry to hear that.
Ours jumped from $4200 to $6900 in 2 years. +64%. Yowsa. (BC, Canada)
Is there a place named St. Louis in Alberta? Can't find it on the map.
@@alexrubin5955he's probably talking about Missouri?
Unfortunately, Calgary did this to itself. Everyone saying how great Alberta is lured so many people and now people are having demand for housing. This is the state of the world Unfortunately and an issue across North America.
Just because there was a marketing campaign to bring people to Alberta doesn't mean that was the reason people came. People were going to come to Calgary from Toronto no matter what. Prices were getting out of hand in Toronto and other cities in Ontario, the only option for many left was to come to Alberta, primarily Calgary, because of the milder winter temperature. No different than people moving from Calgary to places like Saskatchewan to find lower cost of living.
@@cityboyis2 Right, I don't mean that 'people from Toronto are causing price increases' I mean that so many people from everywhere moved to Calgary and caused demand. Homes in my city went up 300k in a matter of five years as well and I live in a very mild beach town in Ontario. This is the eb and flow of life unfortunately and this kind of thing has been going on since the formation of organized towns.
@@cityboyis2I moved to Edmonton from Calgary over a year ago. No regrets, expense wise.
The last month, avenueliving just bought the apartment building we live in. Great. We're in SW Calgary. Rent has gone up and up every few months and food is up higher all the time. Well, what to do? I'm 80 next year and my wife and I live on pensions that slowly slowly increase, in a joking manner. Thanks for this, Alina!
Same here! Wow it seems they have been heavily investing in buying up more and more. Consolidating, and monopolizing properties. Usually always a bad sign for the consumers, and in our case tenants.
@@chadklasens4927 I must say that my worries came to nothing (so far). avenueliving has NOT increased my rent at all and is letting me give them post-dated cheques for the remainder of my lease with the old landlord. And, they're kind of nice to deal with. Truth.
Good video to focus attention on the social problems.....government need to take responsibility. It's out of control greed and yes you can call it free market if you buy all the property and land you can charge whatever you want........
My sister and I rented from Avenue Living. In one year our rent went from $1400 to $2400. We had ice on our walls in winter, people breaking into the foyer to sleep and do drugs, the elevator broke every week, the underground parking flooded... so many problems.
That’s terrible to hear.
My elevator here in the Avenue Living controlled building doesn't work either. Going to make it hard to move out. Hope movers like stairs.
@@fuzzywuzzy5749 Ugh, brutal! At least you have movers though!
They want to empty the buildings,avenue living is owned by Chinese investor's, it's what they did to Vancouver
Anthony Giuffre is founder, CEO, and executive chairman of Avenue Living.
As a 22yr old Canadian born & raised in Ontario I moved to Edmonton a year ago…
I got into the Condo Market ASAP because it wouldn’t surprise me to see the story of Calgary come here to Edmonton too, thankfully I should only be affected minimally when that happens due to purchasing a place
For myself the reason I came to Alberta is because the prices in Ontario were like $1,700 monthly… I wanted to stay but they priced young ppl like me out of the province
I recommend everyone to purchase a place if you can before the prices get worse
During the downturn 2015 to 2021, the free market favours the tenants, after 2022 the free market favours the landlords
Thank you for this video - I had no idea things were getting this bad in Calgary. I've been living in Toronto for over 20 years, and the situation is unbearable now... especially for younger adults, who can't move out on their own and live independently, and seniors who can't afford a decent living after working all their lives. I just hope that the situation will improve, and soon!
Yeah as someone who used to live in Toronto, I can’t believe how insane things are there now.
@AlinaMcleod and so sad that this situation is now hitting Alberta. Good luck to your mom! I really hope she finds something affordable before her lease is up. 🙏
same in Australia, we have people living in tents in the park now
Australia has ocean and nice beaches. People can live there. Also Australia has great weather.
You don't have winter and -40 C 😅
@@InDahoodYooo still not ideal to live in a tent. a beach doesn't help if you have no food or shelter. some places go into the minus in winter time. the point is no one should be homeless in our rich countries.
@@Maldives2025 Agreed, Maldives. Plus you have a ton of nasty insects and deadly snakes.
Looking forward to your Edmonton video. I am here now. Also Avenue Living just purchased our Condo property last month. So this definitely leaves me with a negative first impression of this company. They should not be able to raise the rent that drastically, such as In your Mothers circumstance. I really hope that they will not try that bullshit here now!
*You know what the government says this immigration is doing? "Strengthening our labour force."*
*Yah... Right!! It is ruining real-estate values. Supply and demand ratios are jacked now.* 😑
Great video. I agree with every comment. I lived in Calgary for 16 yrs & to think I had trouble selling my house in a prime south lake community....barely made any money. This is what can happen in a 10 yr span.
Yeah absolutely crazy.
The problem is not about Alberta but about the Trudeau govt. For instance, Quebec has rent control but it still does not prevent it from having the same rental crisis. In Quebec, they use renoviction (renovation and eviction) to kick people out and then find people who are ready to pay a higher rent. Now the mass immigration problem. This has been caused by the Trudeau govt taking in 1 million people per year when we are not building the same quantity of houses. In Montreal, people are lining up to visit new apartments and often go into a bidding contest in order to obtain the apartment. There are no borders inside of Canada and people are free to move wherever they want. Alberta is only victim of its own success. What is crazy is that the bank of Canada keeps interest rates high to try counter inflation but this also does not encourage developers to build new houses while the Trudeau govt keeps putting gas on fire while increasing the number of immigrants who then compete with the locals for the same food and shelter. Remember- inflation = too much money chasing too few goods. Immigrants are bringing their money with them or getting money from the govt (that’s the too much money) and the shelters and other goods are too few. Now the Trudeau govt came with a new capital gains tax to discourage even more the moms and pops to invest into real estate. Now add carbon tax, Netflix tax. It seems like there’s no stop to how it can get worst when libs are in power.
I liked what you just said because no one is talking about Trudeau govt, they allow 1million people and people a blaming the 1million people.
Crazy to see that population think Trudeau govt is doing right and the immigrants are the wrong guys.
She's stupid to talk about rent control as a solution. She should learn Econ 101 to know that would make things worse for the renters first and foremost. Trudy brings in millions of people in while makes it too expensive and hard to build homes, they have to go somewhere. Newcomers are offer 5k a month with hotels, foods... while disabled Canadians received 1k a month, talking about fairness, where our taxes go and create this crazy inflation. The NDP lib mob in Calgary keeps blaming Conservatives for this. I challenge them to move to somewhere that doesn't have the same issue under Trudy!
The problem is ALL LEVELS of gov't pandering to parasitic "investors" over the past 20 years, including all the "moms & pops", most of whom are no less parasitic than the corporate REITs are. We have 2 elder generations relying on OTHER PEOPLE PAYING THEIR MORTGAGES in order to fund their retirements, giving zero f*cks about the chaos they're leaving behind for the rest of us.
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O" Canada is becoming like where I live ' O California. Both Canada and California now have 40 million people and the problems are becoming somewhat similar. Looking at your chart on immigration--There is no rent control due to the massive levels of immigration -supply and demand. (Canadian and California women average less than 2 children each!).
The Alberta government says NO to rent caps, saying they don't work and will cause homelessness. I am on AISH and live in a horrible part of the city. My rent is 1250.00 and I asked how much it was going to go up when I renew my lease ( I have been here for 5 years) I was told it would likely be 1500.00 plus. I get 1860 on aish. The following year it will prob go up by a few hundred a month if this continues. Having a rent cap is going to save people from being homeless. Not having one, I will definitely be homeless in the near future. With rent, utilities, bus , laundry and tenant insurance I am going to be lucky if i have $100 a month for food. The next increase I will be homeless.
Every single renter has had their rent go up 20-40% year over year for the last two or three years. It’s ridiculous
What's also shocking is that they're not allowed to raise it more than 3% or something to that affect.
@@Rottimail Wrong. There are no rent controls here.
@@kittyswanson3611 OMG! I apologize. At one time there was a restriction on how much a landlord could increase the rent.
I am in the far south of Calgary, we moved in 4 years ago and were paying $1400/month for a 2 bedroom townhouse, we live in the far south because of how affordable it was to be away from the downtown area.
We’re now paying $2150 which includes a $700/month increase. Our landlord says it’s because of the interest rates, it sucks though. We’re being forced out of the city.
Even in High River it’s very expensive and we will have to look even further away from the city.
A very great video!❤❤
When my family and I moved here from BC in 2021, our 2-bedroom apt (Stratton Oaks, managed by Hollyburn Properties) was 1250 CAD. Two years later it was 2500 CAD, exactly double). Price gouging at its finest.
Yeah, I agree Alina. We need to cut down the number of refugees. Calgary real estate is way too expensive as more people from Toronto and Vancouver move in.
Hi Alina my family and I have been living in a condo for more than 3 years now. First we rented it for 2 years lease. And when it came for us to renew the lease, they sold to another company and the new owners increased our rent from $1500 - $2200. It was insane. And we didn’t even get the discount like the rest of the current tenants got either. Good thing we don’t have to worry about for another year. Cuz we leased it for two more years. But I’m afraid what will happened once the two years up. 😩😔. Thank you Alina for speaking out for such causes. Keep up the great work
I'm so sorry to hear that happened to you as well.
Wow, Alina! I knew you as a vlogger but I've just discovered you as a full fledged journalist! Privet iz Edmontona!
Spaseeba!
The rent increases are insane. We are lucky and have a wonderful landlord who keeps our rent affordable. But I fear the day when she wants to sell this house because we will never be able to afford to buy a house and the rent in a few years from now will only be worse. It’s just such a depressing and stressful situation for all of us as a country. I do think we need to pump the brakes hard on immigration to try and slow this down for everyone.
Edmonton too, I think has experienced higher cost of rent but not as Calgary yet. Edmonton is always less expensive than Calgary. I'm waiting for your Edmonton video.
It really not when you look at property taxes, wage and jobs.
Edmonton has become as expensive as calgary
It would be worth purchasing even an older bachelor sized condo if possible. You may not have the amt of space you would like, but at least you have some control over your monthly payments. What a terrible situation!
Alberta’s ad for people to come to Alberta was highly successful at the deferment of the Calgarians that are and have been living here for years . Danielle Smith needs to stop the ads
Sorry to hear about your Mom and the other tenants. I just wanted to repeat that you should protes policies that get in the way of development (like zoning and other land use restrictions). There's a reason housing costs are outpacing other prices even though new residents consume much more than just housing.
Cities MUST make it easier to build housing.