COMMENTARY: Dire P.E.I. rental housing unaffordability needs bold action |
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COMMENTARY: Dire P.E.I. rental housing unaffordability needs bold action
Last week, a Food Banks Canada report found that 37 per cent of people living on P.E.I. are paying more than 30 per cent of their income on rent or housing costs. More troubling, that number is up from 23 per cent last year. The affordability crisis is worsening for tenants and the physical and mental toll should not be underestimated.
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Most tenants live in fear of being eased out or evicted from their home, painfully aware that other options are scant or non-existent. To avoid getting in the crosshairs of their landlord and risking eviction they often put up with serious disrepair, illegal rents, illegal extra charges or unreasonable rules like “no visitors.” Studies show that tenants paying unaffordable rents or living with........