No big change for renters under Ensemble Montreal, says tenants’ rights group
From CKUT Local Journalism Initiative · 00:11:46
Show by Jules Bugiel
Episode Notes Rising rents. Low vacancy rates. This is the reality faces tenants as the housing crisis hits Montreal. But despite Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s promise to be a “housing mayor,” one tenants group says there’s no huge changes coming with the new municipal administration. Mayor-elect Ferrada promises to combat unsafe housing, and build a team of 50 inspectors to regulate short-term rentals. But Steve Baird, spokesperson for a tenants’ rights coalition better known by its French acronym RCLALQ, says some of the biggest asks from the tenant movement are not on the platform. This includes a vacant building tax and a mandatory rent registry.
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