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Leaky Condos

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Leaky Condos | Phenomenon | A consequence of bad design/construction and our penchant for doing things on the cheap. Vancouverites would have never found out about the faulty 30,000+ individual housing units (built between the late 1980s and early 2000s) if it wasn’t for…you know…all the rain.

Usage: “If you see a mesh green tarp covering a townhouse, it’s probably a leaky condo…”explore-the-lexicon

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