i don't want to share a room with a hindi teenager, and i don't really want to live in a female-only rooming house, either. nor do i want a furnished space. but, a non-smoking basement apartment for $700 is pretty much exactly what i want.
it says "near university", but it's not like it's on a campus or anything. it's just downtown.
three or four years ago, this would have been rented to a low income person for $500-600, unfurnished. but this influx of students has created what almost seems like an immigration ring. i mean, you can tell from the grammar that this person is chinese. and, they're not merely looking for a student, but an asian one.
i'm not being alarmist. i'm not making things up. these ads are quite plentiful. the truth is that there's lots of housing available....
...it's just being sat on by international buyers, who are building some kind of business model on this diploma mill. what they really want is a commercial relationship with the sponsor. and, it's a good guess that the different landlord have different agreements with the different sponsors...
so, what is going to happen in september when classes start? are they going to open up what's left? sit on it?
if this is the reality here, so be it - i'll need to start looking in niagara, or waterloo, or london. but, i need my fucking court order, first.