Questions of Rent Tactics by Private Equity
Private firms are buying up rent-regulated buildings and harassing tenants to increase vacancies, advocates say.
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Several buildings being constructed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the host city for the next Olympic Games, eventually will be sold as condominiums.
Preening for the Olympics, Vancouver Is Building Up
on December 4th, 2008
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