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Life in a ‘Death Trap’: How Tenants Rose Up Against a Federally Funded Mega-Landlord
Years of living with rats, snakes, and rotted floorboards has led a group of tenants across the country to demand better from both their landlord and the federal government.
Meet The Spy Tech Companies Helping Landlords Evict People
The growing ‘proptech’ industry is now explicitly marketing surveillance tech as a way to evict tenants and raise rent.
Browsing for Apartments I Don’t Need Is the Escapism I Look Forward To
In the middle of a pandemic, the weekly Listings Project newsletter gives me a reliable source of daydream fodder.
How to Safely Lend Your Empty Home to Someone Who Needs It
Whether you're helping a friend with roommates who aren't following safety guidelines or giving an assist to an essential worker, here's how to responsibly loan out your living space.
Toronto Rental Opportunity of the Week: All These Airbnb Apartments
Want a gorgeous, fully furnished bedroom with no access to a kitchen or laundry? Here’s your chance.
My House Is Scary and Disgusting, Just the Way I Like It
Filling my home with blood, bones, and mutant specimens in jars helped me make sense of being called a monster all my life.
Stop Whining About Your Terrible Roommate
So long as your roommates pay the rent and don’t set the place on fire, they’re almost always worth it. Here’s why.
Getting Bedbugs Actually Made My Life Better
I'm closer to my neighbors, living with less clutter, and spend less time worrying about pointless stuff.
Fancy Co-Living Spaces Are the Trendy New Way White People Ruin Everything
How the hipster solution to the rising cost of rent is gentrifying neighborhoods.
How to Avoid Paying Rent When Your Apartment's in Shambles
Landlords can attempt to collect even when your place becomes uninhabitable. Here's what you need to know.
People Tell Us the Worst Thing They've Done to Their Apartment
Renters talk about their biggest FUs to their landlord.
Communal Apartments Could Be Your Solution to NZ's Housing Crisis
Get all your friends together and build an apartment building yourself.