𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 — 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢 – 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗖𝗗 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗜𝗻𝗰.

𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢 – 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗖𝗗
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗜𝗻𝗰.

At The Property Consulting Group Inc., our mission has always been clear: deliver ethical, transparent, and forward-thinking property management services that support investors, protect community assets, and ensure a quality living experience for tenants.
As the owner and CEO — and a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force — I founded this company out of necessity after facing firsthand the consequences of a broken property management system. What started as a response to mismanagement has evolved into a full-service RECA-licensed brokerage driven by innovation, collaboration, and results.

We are proud to support investor owners who want peace of mind, and tenants who deserve safe, clean, and well-managed homes. But more and more, we are seeing these relationships strained — not by landlords, but by systems that fail everyone involved.

This article I wrote consists of years of experience and recent research ranging from communities across Canada and explores an uncomfortable truth: Canada is at a crossroads. If we don’t incentivize Canadian investors to build and maintain housing — and if we don’t hold tenants and governments accountable — we risk losing control of our real estate market altogether. Local investors will exit. Foreign capital will step in. And the damage to Canadian communities could be irreversible.
Through this piece, I urge local governments, industry partners, and fellow Canadians to recognize the role of responsible landlords — not as the cause of the housing crisis, but as a critical part of the solution. We need housing. We need trust. And we need a system that works for everyone.

If you’re an investor seeking a hands-off, high-performance property management experience backed by cutting-edge technology and military-grade accountability, we invite you to partner with us.

Together, we can protect and grow your capital, strengthen our communities, and create real housing solutions — not just temporary fixes.

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 — 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲

As housing affordability dominates headlines across Canada, one crucial truth gets lost in the noise: landlords aren’t the enemy. In fact, they may be our best hope for solving the housing crisis — but only if governments step up and do their part.

From Ottawa to Vancouver, Calgary to Halifax, well-intentioned investors and landlords are leaving the rental market in droves. Why? Because the current system fails them, fails tenants, and fails communities. If this continues, the consequences for Canadian cities will be profound — including the growing risk that foreign private equity firms will step in, purchase Canadian properties, and funnel wealth out of our local economies.

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱
Take Ottawa’s Housing First program, designed to provide people experiencing homelessness with housing and support. On paper, it’s a model of compassion and practicality. But in practice, many landlords who joined the program were left managing crisis-level situations with no support and no recourse.

Units were destroyed. Heating systems dismantled. Overdoses, police raids, weapons — all reported by landlords who had trusted the city’s guarantees of rent and support services. Some were even fined by city bylaw for not completing repairs quickly enough, while waiting for city departments to approve funding.

One landlord lost $250,000 on a single property. Others were left traumatized or physically threatened. The city's damage fund — while appreciated — was a fraction of what was needed. Meanwhile, agencies often disappeared after move-in, leaving landlords and neighbors to manage deeply complex issues on their own.

This isn’t just a failure of individual programs. It’s a failure of systems that rely on landlords to deliver affordable housing without providing the tools, protections, or accountability needed to succeed.
 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QMJHp7KqTg&t=36s

𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗼
Empathy and housing support are essential — but tenant accountability must be part of the equation. Landlords across Canada report growing challenges with unpaid rent, property neglect, and even criminal behavior in rental units. Too often, government bodies are slow to act or unwilling to enforce rules around rent payment, damage, or eviction.

Being a tenant means more than simply occupying a space. It means building value as a community member — by paying rent on time, keeping units clean, and treating neighbors and properties with respect. Just as employers seek responsible employees, landlords seek responsible tenants. That is not discrimination — it’s a shared civic responsibility.

When tenants treat properties poorly, and when government refuses to intervene, it is investors, small landlords, and ultimately the entire community who suffer.
 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxNBvgC_zXQ&t=50s

𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗨𝗽 — 𝗢𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗢𝘂𝘁
Canada needs more housing — and fast. That will not come from government alone. It requires private investors and developers who are willing to take risks, build properties, and manage them over the long term.

But investors won’t build what they can’t protect. If governments continue to overregulate development, delay permitting, underfund damage repair, and fail to enforce tenant accountability, the private sector will simply leave — or sell.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻?

Foreign private equity firms will buy up Canadian real estate, often with no interest in community stewardship. Profits will be extracted offshore. Rent prices will rise, service quality will fall, and neighborhood character will erode.

This isn’t fearmongering. It’s already happening in markets like Toronto and Vancouver. If Canadians don’t invest in Canadian real estate, someone else will — and they won’t care about local schools, small businesses, or civic life.
 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: 𝗜𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFIuzo1Xls

𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱
It doesn’t have to be this way. Canadian cities and provinces can choose a more balanced, sustainable path. That means:

Streamlining permitting and approvals so new housing can be built quickly.

Providing landlord support programs with real funding, not empty promises.

Ensuring tenant services and support are actually delivered, especially for vulnerable populations.

Holding tenants accountable when rent isn’t paid or units are damaged.

Recognizing landlords and property investors as essential partners — not villains — in solving the housing crisis.

Landlords aren’t the problem. The real problem is a housing system that asks investors to shoulder all the risk, while stripping them of control and denying them the support they were promised.

If Canada wants real solutions, we need more homes, more investors, and more trust in the people willing to build and manage our housing — not less.

𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗖𝗗
𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 / 𝗖𝗘𝗢, The Property Consulting Group Inc.
 780-545-0938
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