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	===UN Human Rights Violations Accusations (2020)===		===UN Human Rights Violations Accusations (2020)===
	The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' called out Akelius for systemic '''"renovictions"'''—coercive renovations to remove tenants and circumvent rent control.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smee \|first=Michael \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=UN accuses Toronto apartment owner of human rights abuses \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~7gqhk~~ \|archive-date=~~7 Jan~~ 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=29 Apr 2020 \|title=Corporate landlord is abusing tenants’ human rights, says UN housing expert \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231007053222/https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|archive-date=7 Oct 2023\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The UN Special Rapporteur on housing reported cases where residents were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions for months, with no running water or heating,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Simonpillai \|first=Radheyan \|date=11 Feb 2021 \|title=As lockdown hit, Akelius tenants say cold water shortage lasted 96 days \|url=https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185450/https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> while Akelius undertook upscale overhauls to justify outrageous rent increases.<ref name=":0" /> Investigations also showed the company targeted low-income communities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations.		The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' called out Akelius for systemic '''"renovictions"'''—coercive renovations to remove tenants and circumvent rent control.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smee \|first=Michael \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=UN accuses Toronto apartment owner of human rights abuses \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222205850/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=29 Apr 2020 \|title=Corporate landlord is abusing tenants’ human rights, says UN housing expert \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231007053222/https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|archive-date=7 Oct 2023\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The UN Special Rapporteur on housing reported cases where residents were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions for months, with no running water or heating,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Simonpillai \|first=Radheyan \|date=11 Feb 2021 \|title=As lockdown hit, Akelius tenants say cold water shortage lasted 96 days \|url=https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185450/https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> while Akelius undertook upscale overhauls to justify outrageous rent increases.<ref name=":0" /> Investigations also showed the company targeted low-income communities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations.

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	===Exploitative Rent Policies Under Berlin's Rent Cap (2020-2021)===		===Exploitative Rent Policies Under Berlin's Rent Cap (2020-2021)===
	In 2020, the company evaded Berlin's short-term rent cap by including '''"shadow rents"''' in leases—secret provisions requesting payment of '''as much as five times the advertised rent''', retroactively payable if the law were to be annulled.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Šustr \|first=Nicolas \|date=26 Jul 2020 \|title=Akelius will Kasse machen \|url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1139639.akelius-akelius-will-kasse-machen.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~3RtDZ~~ \|archive-date=~~7 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.nd-aktuell.de}}</ref> When Germany's constitutional court ruled the rent cap null and void in 2021, Akelius started to recover these overpayments from renters, fueling indignation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goodman \|first=Imogen \|date=21 Apr 2021 \|title='Extraordinary situation': What can you do if your Berlin landlord demands rent cap arrears? \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20210421/extraordinary-situation-what-can-you-do-if-your-berlin-landlord-demands-rent-cap-arrears/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~gOE6W~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Aug~~ 2025 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=The Local Germany}}</ref> The Berlin government intervened with a '''€10 million interest-free loan fund''' to aid affected tenants from being evicted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Casey \|first=Ruairi \|last2=Ponsford \|first2=Matthew \|date=26 Apr 2021 \|title=The Enduring Legacy of Berlin’s Rent Cap \|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-enduring-legacy-of-berlins-rent-cap \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~JzV5J~~ \|archive-date=~~7 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=Tribune}}</ref>		In 2020, the company evaded Berlin's short-term rent cap by including '''"shadow rents"''' in leases—secret provisions requesting payment of '''as much as five times the advertised rent''', retroactively payable if the law were to be annulled.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Šustr \|first=Nicolas \|date=26 Jul 2020 \|title=Akelius will Kasse machen \|url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1139639.akelius-akelius-will-kasse-machen.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185452/https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1139639.akelius-akelius-will-kasse-machen.html \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.nd-aktuell.de}}</ref> When Germany's constitutional court ruled the rent cap null and void in 2021, Akelius started to recover these overpayments from renters, fueling indignation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goodman \|first=Imogen \|date=21 Apr 2021 \|title='Extraordinary situation': What can you do if your Berlin landlord demands rent cap arrears? \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20210421/extraordinary-situation-what-can-you-do-if-your-berlin-landlord-demands-rent-cap-arrears/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185454/https://www.thelocal.de/20210421/extraordinary-situation-what-can-you-do-if-your-berlin-landlord-demands-rent-cap-arrears/ \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=The Local Germany}}</ref> The Berlin government intervened with a '''€10 million interest-free loan fund''' to aid affected tenants from being evicted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Casey \|first=Ruairi \|last2=Ponsford \|first2=Matthew \|date=26 Apr 2021 \|title=The Enduring Legacy of Berlin’s Rent Cap \|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-enduring-legacy-of-berlins-rent-cap \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250913061646/https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-enduring-legacy-of-berlins-rent-cap/ \|archive-date=13 Sep 2025\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=Tribune}}</ref>

	===UN Human Rights Violations Accusations (2020)===		===UN Human Rights Violations Accusations (2020)===
	The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' called out Akelius for systemic '''"renovictions"'''—coercive renovations to remove tenants and circumvent rent control.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smee \|first=Michael \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=UN accuses Toronto apartment owner of human rights abuses \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/7gqhk \|archive-date=7 Jan 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=29 Apr 2020 \|title=Corporate landlord is abusing tenants’ human rights, says UN housing expert \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~qtxlN~~ \|archive-date=7 ~~Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The UN Special Rapporteur on housing reported cases where residents were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions for months, with no running water or heating,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Simonpillai \|first=Radheyan \|date=11 Feb 2021 \|title=As lockdown hit, Akelius tenants say cold water shortage lasted 96 days \|url=https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~PcGx5~~ \|archive-date=~~7 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> while Akelius undertook upscale overhauls to justify outrageous rent increases.<ref name=":0" /> Investigations also showed the company targeted low-income communities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations.		The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' called out Akelius for systemic '''"renovictions"'''—coercive renovations to remove tenants and circumvent rent control.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smee \|first=Michael \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=UN accuses Toronto apartment owner of human rights abuses \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/7gqhk \|archive-date=7 Jan 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=29 Apr 2020 \|title=Corporate landlord is abusing tenants’ human rights, says UN housing expert \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231007053222/https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|archive-date=7 Oct 2023\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The UN Special Rapporteur on housing reported cases where residents were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions for months, with no running water or heating,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Simonpillai \|first=Radheyan \|date=11 Feb 2021 \|title=As lockdown hit, Akelius tenants say cold water shortage lasted 96 days \|url=https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185450/https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> while Akelius undertook upscale overhauls to justify outrageous rent increases.<ref name=":0" /> Investigations also showed the company targeted low-income communities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations.

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			'''[[wikipedia:Akelius\|Akelius]]''' is a corporate landlord that owns 20,000 rental apartments in major cities such as New York, Boston, Washington, Austin, Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, Ottawa, Paris and London.
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	=== Exploitative Rent Policies Under Berlin's Rent Cap (2020-2021) ===		===Exploitative Rent Policies Under Berlin's Rent Cap (2020-2021)===
	In 2020, the company evaded Berlin's short-term rent cap by including '''"shadow rents"''' in leases—secret provisions requesting payment of '''as much as five times the advertised rent''', retroactively payable if the law were to be annulled.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Šustr \|first=Nicolas \|date=26 Jul 2020 \|title=Akelius will Kasse machen \|url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1139639.akelius-akelius-will-kasse-machen.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.nd-aktuell.de}}</ref> When Germany's constitutional court ruled the rent cap null and void in 2021, Akelius started to recover these overpayments from renters, fueling indignation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goodman \|first=Imogen \|date=21 Apr 2021 \|title='Extraordinary situation': What can you do if your Berlin landlord demands rent cap arrears? \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20210421/extraordinary-situation-what-can-you-do-if-your-berlin-landlord-demands-rent-cap-arrears/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=The Local Germany}}</ref> The Berlin government intervened with a '''€10 million interest-free loan fund''' to aid affected tenants from being evicted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Casey \|first=Ruairi \|last2=Ponsford \|first2=Matthew \|date=26 Apr 2021 \|title=The Enduring Legacy of Berlin’s Rent Cap \|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-enduring-legacy-of-berlins-rent-cap \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=Tribune}}</ref>		In 2020, the company evaded Berlin's short-term rent cap by including '''"shadow rents"''' in leases—secret provisions requesting payment of '''as much as five times the advertised rent''', retroactively payable if the law were to be annulled.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Šustr \|first=Nicolas \|date=26 Jul 2020 \|title=Akelius will Kasse machen \|url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1139639.akelius-akelius-will-kasse-machen.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/3RtDZ \|archive-date=7 Jan 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.nd-aktuell.de}}</ref> When Germany's constitutional court ruled the rent cap null and void in 2021, Akelius started to recover these overpayments from renters, fueling indignation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goodman \|first=Imogen \|date=21 Apr 2021 \|title='Extraordinary situation': What can you do if your Berlin landlord demands rent cap arrears? \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20210421/extraordinary-situation-what-can-you-do-if-your-berlin-landlord-demands-rent-cap-arrears/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/gOE6W \|archive-date=5 Aug 2025 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=The Local Germany}}</ref> The Berlin government intervened with a '''€10 million interest-free loan fund''' to aid affected tenants from being evicted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Casey \|first=Ruairi \|last2=Ponsford \|first2=Matthew \|date=26 Apr 2021 \|title=The Enduring Legacy of Berlin’s Rent Cap \|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-enduring-legacy-of-berlins-rent-cap \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/JzV5J \|archive-date=7 Jan 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=Tribune}}</ref>

	=== UN Human Rights Violations Accusations (2020) ===		===UN Human Rights Violations Accusations (2020)===
	The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' called out Akelius for systemic '''"renovictions"'''—coercive renovations to remove tenants and circumvent rent control.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smee \|first=Michael \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=UN accuses Toronto apartment owner of human rights abuses \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=29 Apr 2020 \|title=Corporate landlord is abusing tenants’ human rights, says UN housing expert \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The UN Special Rapporteur on housing reported cases where residents were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions for months, with no running water or heating,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Simonpillai \|first=Radheyan \|date=11 Feb 2021 \|title=As lockdown hit, Akelius tenants say cold water shortage lasted 96 days \|url=https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> while Akelius undertook upscale overhauls to justify outrageous rent increases.<ref name=":0" /> Investigations also showed the company targeted low-income communities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations.		The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' called out Akelius for systemic '''"renovictions"'''—coercive renovations to remove tenants and circumvent rent control.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smee \|first=Michael \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=UN accuses Toronto apartment owner of human rights abuses \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/7gqhk \|archive-date=7 Jan 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=29 Apr 2020 \|title=Corporate landlord is abusing tenants’ human rights, says UN housing expert \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/qtxlN \|archive-date=7 Jan 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The UN Special Rapporteur on housing reported cases where residents were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions for months, with no running water or heating,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Simonpillai \|first=Radheyan \|date=11 Feb 2021 \|title=As lockdown hit, Akelius tenants say cold water shortage lasted 96 days \|url=https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/PcGx5 \|archive-date=7 Jan 2026 \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> while Akelius undertook upscale overhauls to justify outrageous rent increases.<ref name=":0" /> Investigations also showed the company targeted low-income communities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations.

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	}}~~{{Placeholder box~~\|Akelius is a corporate landlord that owns 20,000 rental apartments in major cities such as New York, Boston, Washington, Austin, Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, Ottawa, Paris and London.}}		}}'''[[wikipedia:Akelius\|Akelius]]''' is a corporate landlord that owns 20,000 rental apartments in major cities such as New York, Boston, Washington, Austin, Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, Ottawa, Paris and London.

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	{{Placeholder box\|The company has been accused by the United Nations of deliberately causing inhumane living conditions in order to drive residents out of their apartments and increase prices on subsequent tenants.}}

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	==~~Products~~==		=== Exploitative Rent Policies Under Berlin's Rent Cap (2020-2021) ===
	~~{{Placeholder box\|This is a list of~~ the company's ~~product lines~~ '''~~with articles on this wiki~~'''.		In 2020, the company evaded Berlin's short-term rent cap by including '''"shadow rents"''' in leases—secret provisions requesting payment of '''as much as five times the advertised rent''', retroactively payable if the law were to be annulled.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Šustr \|first=Nicolas \|date=26 Jul 2020 \|title=Akelius will Kasse machen \|url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1139639.akelius-akelius-will-kasse-machen.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.nd-aktuell.de}}</ref> When Germany's constitutional court ruled the rent cap null and void in 2021, Akelius started to recover these overpayments from renters, fueling indignation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goodman \|first=Imogen \|date=21 Apr 2021 \|title='Extraordinary situation': What can you do if your Berlin landlord demands rent cap arrears? \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20210421/extraordinary-situation-what-can-you-do-if-your-berlin-landlord-demands-rent-cap-arrears/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=The Local Germany}}</ref> The Berlin government intervened with a '''€10 million interest-free loan fund''' to aid affected tenants from being evicted.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Casey \|first=Ruairi \|last2=Ponsford \|first2=Matthew \|date=26 Apr 2021 \|title=The Enduring Legacy of Berlin’s Rent Cap \|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-enduring-legacy-of-berlins-rent-cap \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=Tribune}}</ref>
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	==~~See also~~==		=== UN Human Rights Violations Accusations (2020) ===
	{{~~Placeholder box~~\|~~Link~~ to ~~relevant theme articles~~ or ~~companies with similar incidents~~.}}		The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' called out Akelius for systemic '''"renovictions"'''—coercive renovations to remove tenants and circumvent rent control.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smee \|first=Michael \|date=11 May 2020 \|title=UN accuses Toronto apartment owner of human rights abuses \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/united-nations-toronto-apartment-human-rights-1.5563756 \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=29 Apr 2020 \|title=Corporate landlord is abusing tenants’ human rights, says UN housing expert \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert?LangID=E&NewsID=25845 \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The UN Special Rapporteur on housing reported cases where residents were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions for months, with no running water or heating,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Simonpillai \|first=Radheyan \|date=11 Feb 2021 \|title=As lockdown hit, Akelius tenants say cold water shortage lasted 96 days \|url=https://nowtoronto.com/real-estate/akelius-canada-100-vaughan-road-cold-water-shortage/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=11 Apr 2025 \|website=NOW Magazine}}</ref> while Akelius undertook upscale overhauls to justify outrageous rent increases.<ref name=":0" /> Investigations also showed the company targeted low-income communities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations.

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	}}{{Placeholder box\|Akelius is a corporate landlord that owns 20,000 rental apartments in major cities such as New York, Boston, Washington, Austin, Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, Ottawa, Paris and London.}}		}}{{Placeholder box\|Akelius is a corporate landlord that owns 20,000 rental apartments in major cities such as New York, Boston, Washington, Austin, Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, Ottawa, Paris and London.}}

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	}}{{Placeholder box\|Akelius is a corporate landlord that owns 20,000 rental apartments in major cities such as New York, Boston, Washington, Austin, Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, Ottawa, Paris and London.}}		}}{{Placeholder box\|Akelius is a corporate landlord that owns 20,000 rental apartments in major cities such as New York, Boston, Washington, Austin, Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, Ottawa, Paris and London.}}

	$1		[https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert]$1
	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==
	{{Placeholder box\|The company has been accused by the United Nations of deliberately causing inhumane living conditions in order to drive residents out of their apartments and increase prices on subsequent tenants.}}		{{Placeholder box\|The company has been accused by the United Nations of deliberately causing inhumane living conditions in order to drive residents out of their apartments and increase prices on subsequent tenants.}}

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==Consumer impact summary==
{{Placeholder box|The company has been accused by the United Nations of deliberately causing inhumane living conditions in order to drive residents out of their apartments and increase prices on subsequent tenants.}}

[https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/04/corporate-landlord-abusing-tenants-human-rights-says-un-housing-expert]$2
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