Quebec’s annual moving day is fast approaching and a recent report shows this year is shaping up to be a painful one for renters.
WATCH: As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, housing advocates say the government isn’t moving fast enough with relief measures. They warn that if the trend continues, we are heading into a disastrous housing crisis That’s what a new housing report by the Coalition of Housing Committees and Tenants Associations of Quebec has concluded.RCLAQ found that while usually city centres see the biggest rent increases, for the past four years, we are seeing big increases across the province.
Numbers by the RCLAQ show rents in Montreal increasing by 27 per cent, while they have increased by 33 per cent in Quebec City and up to 50 per cent in Trois-Rivières.The province told Global News in a statement that it is working on increasing the number of housing units on the market, adding there are more than 23,000 social and affordable housing units currently being built.
The passing of Law 65, a three-year moratorium on certain evictions, is a step in the right direction.Support for Trudeau nears ‘rock bottom’ as 68% want him to step down: Ipsos “We cannot answer the skyrocketing rent problem without thinking of rent control, without thinking of rent registry, without thinking of capping rent increases,” Dussault said.The housing report comes on the heels of Montreal’s auditor general’s grim findings on access to the city’s low-income housing.
“The main issue for many years is the funding,” said Catherine Lussier, a co-ordinator with the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain .The average wait time to get into one of the units is 5.8 years and more than 23,000 households are still waiting to get in.NATO chief commends Canada upping defence spending but stresses 2% targetViewed
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