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Montreal renters are turning to apartment swapping amid ‘crazy’ affordability crunchAn apartment swap, which is a mutually-agreed-upon transfer of two separate leases, allows tenants to find the right home for them during the ongoing housing crisis in Montreal.CanadaAug 29, 2023
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City of Montreal swoops in to protect rooming house from sale to private buyerThe building, newly acquired by the city, is a seven-unit rooming house on Centre Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles where vulnerable tenants are paying low rents.PoliticsJul 10, 2023
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Canada doesn’t have enough homes to own. Renters will pay the priceA new housing outlook from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. shows that as homeownership remains out of reach for many, renters will face higher costs.MoneyApr 27, 2023
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Montreal-based group creates website to help protect tenants from illegal rent hikesLa Base, a not-for-profit group, says it has found a way to help stop 'skyrocketing' residential rent increases.CanadaJun 9, 2021
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The housing crisis in Montreal and how the pandemic keeps compounding thingsA housing crisis characterized by quickly rising rents and a shortage of apartments — and worsened by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic — could leave some renters scrambling.HealthMay 15, 2021
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Montreal launches public consultations on vacant storefronts on major streetsThe public consultations, which begin Tuesday night, will specifically look at the situation on commercial arteries.CanadaJan 14, 2020
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