Does removing rent control help build more apartments?

What happens when rent control goes away? In 2018 Ontario rolled back some rent controls to incentivize developers to build more purpose-built rental units. But as CBC Toronto’s Shannon Martin found out, that’s not exactly what happened.

00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - Ontario’s conservative government removes some rent controls in 2018
01:45 - Developers send in applications, but building stalls
03:27 - Timelines
05:22 - What does the province have to say 5 years later after policy change
6:42 - Conclusion

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