As Montreal prepares for its traditional moving day, the housing crunch reached alarming new heights — with hundreds of households still searching for a roof over their heads and advocates calling for urgent action.
“We see a lot of people who are low income and very vulnerable tenants struggling to figure out how to pay rents,” said Gary Saxe, executive director of Project Genesis, a housing rights organization based in Côte-des-Neiges. “And every year is getting worse as rents go higher and higher.”
Saxe said rents have gone up “astronomically” over the last few years — and it’s not just a problem on July 1, but all year round.
