CondoAdvisory Blog

Its good to see that there are some consequences for those who provide deplorable living conditions. In a recent Calgary Herald article, Condo building owner fines $18,400 for condition of rental units, a Calgary property owner is being held accountable for the deplorable living conditions he has been providing.

I am all for investing in real estate and building a fortune by providing a needed service or product to people. In the case of providing housing, I think this is a great contribution. Having said that, like anything else, when you get people who see an opportunity and don’t have the ability to think beyond themselves you have trouble. This is the case with almost anything, it is the human aspect added into the situation that can turn something good into something bad.

The main point of this post is, there are those out there that do care to do something about these problems and that means there is hope for those who feel stuck. If you are living in poor rental conditions don’t feel that you have to accept it because you are small and your landlord is big. There is nothing OK about this and you need to speak up. Go to the government department responsible for the landlord tenancy act, or go to your MLA and try to get the ball rolling. Another thing you can do to help others and expose the situation is post a review about the building on www.condoavisory.com, if the building is not on the site you can add it and in so doing let others now before they end up in the same situation.

Landlords take note, you have the fortune to profit from providing an essential part of life, don’t abuse it, there can be consequences beyond those whose lives your are affecting.