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Daybreak host Sean Henry speaks with Adam Mongrain, the housing policy director at Vivre en Ville.

Launched in Ontario in September, Adam Mongrain of Vivre en Ville hopes his organization’s tool can help curb skyrocketing rents and identify trends in real time

The platform aims to create transparency throughout the rental market and ensure favourable rental conditions for all Ontario residents.

A united front of groups came together on Wednesday to tell the Legault government it needs to come up with a new action plan to combat the housing crisis.

"What we want is to give free rein to the not-for-profit sector so that it can play its full role in the market," says one of the creators of the Laboratoire pour labordabilité du bâti.

A new interactive tool is looking to address the escalating housing crisis in Quebec, bringing much-needed transparency to rental prices in-province. The Rent Registry, created by local non-profit Vivre en Ville, offers historical data on rental rates to protect tenants from excessive increases and curb real estate inflation.

Transparency and sharing rental market data are the keys to curbing soaring rent prices in Quebec, according to the organization Vivre en ville, which on Thursday presented a brand new rent registry.