Blah, Blah, Blah.
You lived in Toronto.
I lived in Toronto.
I did this and you did that.
The Layton's scored a fantastic deal in a heavily subsidized complex.
Bottom line is, most unconnected folks have a better shot at winning the lottery than scoring a place like that for the price that they paid.
The proof is in the pudding DD.
Once it hit the press everyone in the GTA knew the deal stunk to high heaven.
Once exposed they shot out of that cosy little pad like roaches exposed to sunlight.
There was no fighting the good fight or taking the high road.
They bolted instantly and did the usual political damage control thing.
It was obvious to all who are familiar with rentals in TO ( perhaps exempting you) that they were paying far, far under market.
Big deal.
It's not like the Dippers hold the record for rooting around in the public purse.
Politicians of all stripes do it.
Must of us tend to expect it these days.
And as for your cheap genealogical shots.
Perhaps your just a tad envious that Sara has a bigger set of stones than you will ever possess?
But thats about you and your issues with Sara.
Me, I was discussing Jack.
Trex
No point trying to discuss this with you seeing as you haven't a clue about mixed income buildings work. I'll let wikipedia explain for you:
Layton and Chow were also the subject of some dispute when a June 14, 1990 Toronto Star article by Tom Kerr accused them of unfairly living in a housing cooperative subsidized by the federal government, despite their high income.[17] Layton and Chow had both lived in the Hazelburn Co-op since 1985, and lived together in an $800 per month three-bedroom apartment after their marriage in 1988. By 1990, their combined annual income was $120,000, and in March of that year they began voluntarily paying an additional $325 per month to offset their share of the co-op's Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation subsidy, the only members of the co-op to do so. In response to the article, the co-op's board argued that having mixed-income tenants was crucial to the success of co-ops, and that the laws deliberately set aside apartments for those willing to pay market rates, such as Layton and Chow.[18] During the late 1980s and early 1990s they maintained approximately 30% of their units as low income units and provided the rest at what they considered market rent. In June 1990, the city's solicitor cleared the couple of any wrong-doing[19], and later that month, Layton and Chow left the co-op and bought a house in Toronto's Chinatown together with Chow's mother, a move they said had been planned for some time.[20] Former Toronto mayor John Sewell later wrote in NOW Magazine that rival Toronto city councillor Tom Jakobek had given the story to Tom Kerr.