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Delinquent owners make the housing crisis worse
Yes this is true everywhere in Canada. Property owners have very few obligations beyond mowing the lawn and paying property taxes which have shrunk by 70% since the late 90s relative to the sale price of a home. It's dirt cheap to own a property once you've acquired it.
Winnipegs mill rate is 12.9 today. In 2002 it was 29! Before that it was even higher.