After fleeing his home in Ukraine, Volodymyr Komliev and his family have found themselves a new place to live in a High Park apartment building — but after hearing about the rent increases his neighbours experienced this year, he’s worried if they’ll be able to stay.
Komliev said when they looked for a new place to live with their four-year-old daughter, they knew a big city would be expensive. But they didn’t expect rents could increase so much each year — some tenants saying they’ve received between six to 11 per cent year-over-year hikes, according to the building’s tenant association.
Mass immigration evidently helps reduce housing shortages we’re told.
