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A combination of low vacancy rates, steep rent increases and slow construction is creating the perfect storm for Quebec's housing crisis, according to a new report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Protesters say Bill 31 will strip tenants of one of the ways they can keep rent affordable lease transfers while landlords say the bill "goes too far" in siding with tenants.
Quebec’s proposed Bill 31 would give landlords the power to block lease transfers. Meanwhile, average rents for new leases in Montreal are now almost $2,000. Now a tenants’ union is organizing a rent strike as an “emergency response.”