what does homelessness have to do with it?  If you can't afford Vancouver, you cannot expect other people to subsidize your housing in such a high end city - you should move elsewere.  I'd love to live in Monaco, but it is too expensive for me too - I'd be a homeless millionaire there - subsidize me!

Tenants get away with far too much in BC, rent controls have created the near zero vacancy rates.  We have seen the problem and it is clear: rent controls mess with the free markets and create chaos and imbalance.