The title of the article seems to insinuate some type of charity on the landlord's part but it seems like it's very clearly just business a transaction.

He said he was approached by several housing agencies asking if he would be willing to rent units to their clients and because of the promise of guaranteed rent and access to the city's landlord damage fund, he agreed.

"When the agencies came to me and said the rents are guaranteed, that was a big selling point," Dagenais said.