When Shanice Sharpe moved into a one-bedroom apartment at 22 John St., in the working-class neighbourhood of Weston in the Greater Toronto Area, her rent seemed reasonable.

But since 2022, it has shot up nearly 10 per cent each year and she…

Cynthia Black believes her rent has been rigged.

Since 2022, the Toronto resident says she has twice faced annual rent increases of either seven or 11 per cent — depending on the lease type her household was offered — in two Livmore buildin…

Canadian officials are concerned about YieldStar, a controversial software that recommends rent prices to landlords that is currently the subject of a government lawsuit in the United States.

In October, Canadian federal Minister of Innovat…

Since early September, Canada’s corporate law enforcement agency has been investigating landlords over high-tech rental price-fixing, The Breach has learned.

The investigation by the Competition Bureau was sparked by an article published in…

The Competition Bureau of Canada has opened an investigation into allegations of price-fixing by major corporate landlords using artificial intelligence software.

The probe, initiated after reports by independent media outlet The Breach, fo…

A proposed class-action lawsuit in Canada accuses 15 landlords and property managers of colluding to inflate rental prices through a controversial software system.

The claim alleges that RealPage Inc.'s YieldStar program facilitated rent pr…

A new proposed class-action lawsuit alleges multiple landlords and property managers “conspired” to control rents across Canada using an algorithmic software called YieldStar. This follows Canadian politicians’ concern about the practice, a…