Affordable Rental Apartments Almost Non-Existent For Canada’s Low Earners: CCPA

Affordable Rental Apartments Almost Non-Existent For Canada’s Low Earners: CCPA

There is nowhere to hide from Canada’s rental housing crisis.

That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), which found there are very few places left in the country where minimum wage workers can afford to rent apartments without stretching their finances.

And the blame lies with a continuing lack of apartment building construction, the CCPA concludes, urging governments to do more to bring rental buildings online.

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