I live in the Toronto area and rent here is up to like $2600 for a 2 bedroom. Why haven’t we burned shit down? Why do we take this??

Im no leader but I’ll gladly build some gallows and die for my kid’s generation. Im also a vegetarian, but I’m willing to roast and take a bite of the billionaire just to show my conviction. I think we should actually literally do it with one to prove a point

Yeah, the 3x salary requirements are insane when housing accounts for almost 50% of people's take home pay in most places.

you're not gonna be able to afford this apartment after a few years of 10% rent increases, and we don't want the inconvenience of evicting you when that time comes

There's a rule of thumb that your rent / mortgage payments should only be 1/3 of your pre-tax pay. In expensive cities that's sometimes impossible to manage. But $1300 out of $2000 means you're spending 2/3 of your pre-tax pay on housing. If you're taxed at only 20% that means your take-home pay is going to be $1600. After rent you'd only have $300 a month for food, utilities, clothing, transportation, etc.

If I were a landlord and someone on $2000/month wanted a $1300/month apartment, I'd be asking questions too.