'Rent gouging' pushes residents to encampments, say advocates
67Housing is a privilege, and with it comes the responsibility to pay rent on time and follow the rules. When rent is not paid, and apartments are abused requiring expensive often extensive repairs operational costs go up for landlords and they have no option but to raise rents to cover costs. There are also a lot of tenants who abuse rent inclusive services such as free heating, and water by running the water excessively running up the water bill and also the gas bill by turning up the heating with windows open, leaving landlords with no option but to raise rents. Then we hear about sob stories on the news of sky rocketing rents, and labeling landlords as the bad players. I'd like to hear more about what is like for landlords dealing with these situations.
20- GFT
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
69Could have been half the size to save taxpayers some money and would also be completed by now. This is Thunder Bay, NOT Toronto.
10- Mr Skeptical
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
52I will never walk in the doors of the Art Gallery, zero interest. If it was a new hockey arena and convention center I would. I don't feel anything for the shortfalls of cash, never should have been built.
22- Ryan Ewing
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
62I agree we, the taxpayers have provided them too much. there are more pressing things in this city that need our tax dollars, such as road repairs, etc.
11- Alarmforce
'Rent gouging' pushes residents to encampments, say advocates
66Maybe the 10% increase in the Canadian population over the past few years might be the actual root cause of crazy housing and rent prices. Asking government for help with a crisis they manufactured is a dangerous path.
5- MokJong
'Rent gouging' pushes residents to encampments, say advocates
54Just as bad for home owners that have tp pay the highest property taxes in Canada,,along with ever increasing utility fees,,as we all struggle,,the people we voted in will be increasing our taxes even more because of the soccer flex and the useless,over budget Art Gallery
11- stud puppy
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
57The lack of control, budget and accountability is alarming.
6- CK123
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
56Alarmed? At a cost of $50 million in 2022 to about $75 million by 2025, an increase of 50% is Alarming. More so alarming is the someone's inability to adapt to rising construction costs changing the footprint and design.
4- Bacio Tante
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
18Right and that is why the city doesn't make decisions for only one person. There are a lot of people who would never set foot in a convention centre or hockey arena. What a silly argument
36- Johnathan Simkins
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
48This guy is not a good spokesperson.
4- Johnathan Simkins
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
43How much money has been raised by fundraising? I could not find that info anywhere
2- Real Tradesman
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
8lol listen, this guy is not a great messenger but the idea that 5 million dollars is better spent on a couple km of road compared to leveraging a 60+ million dollar facility out of it is insane. Get out of TBay and youd find our roads are fine.
37- Johnathan Simkins
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
40'A gift to the city'??Gifts are supposed for be enriching-, not financially devastating.This guy is as tuned in to the needs of our city as clowncil.
4- I. Ron Ick
Fundraising campaign launches for indoor turf facility
23Another Art Gallery in the making
16- JohnLore
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
38So your feelings are hurt because some councillors are concerned that you have spent way more money than you have? And you are asking for more? And the building is nowhere close to being on schedule? And then you have the audacity to say the building is a gift to the community that the gallery is happy to make?? The whole city is questioning your management of this project.
1- Mind'sEye
'Rent gouging' pushes residents to encampments, say advocates
15Housing is a human right issue , not a privilege! Every human should have a safe place to sleep. Yes some may leave the windows open or run the water. I’m sure many don’t so in a cases like that yes raise their rent to cover the cost but don’t paint everyone with the same brush. We hear stories of slum lords that charge money and do very little in maintenance or no maintenance at all and raise the rent there is bad actors on both sides not just the people that rent .
23- Rock Manenough
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
33So this guy wants taxpayer dollars to build an Art Gallery and is also asking for donations from city residents... This project has been financially mismanaged, and the costs keep going up. Build housing or something this community actually needs on the site; we already have an Art Gallery that very few people visit.
4- tbayresident807
Fundraising campaign launches for indoor turf facility
30Hey Thunder Bay, you should build a $32.6 million facility for us. We promise we'll contribute 0.31% of the construction cost. That's basically what Soccer Northwest is saying here, imo.
5- Axel Schweiss
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
32I’m willing to bet that if they had granted the extra $2.5 million and still made the comments, you wouldn’t be alarmed and ran to the media. Let’s be realistic, you have already blown through the budget and there isn’t even windows in yet! SMH
2- Cdndude
Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
28I agree Mr Skeptical. No need for a building this size when the last one was so much smaller. The old art gallery was not well attended by visitors. What makes them think suddenly people will flock here to view indigenous art.
6- Cautiously
