Montreal Housing Market is Mad Sus RN 🏘️😬

The Deets

Okay, fam, listen up. Montreal's moving day is coming up, and the housing market is giving major anxiety. Tenant advocates are saying it's a whole crisis out here. Like, people are stressed TF out trying to find a decent place to live.

What's the tea? Rents are rising faster than your follower count after a viral TikTok, and there's a serious lack of affordable options. Landlords are pulling sneaky moves, like renovicting people (aka kicking them out to renovate and then jacking up the rent). It's a whole mess.

This is hitting vulnerable people the hardest – low-income peeps, anyone facing eviction, etc. One 72-year-old dude is straight-up facing homelessness 'cause his building got sold. How messed up is that?

And it's not just about the money. Landlords are offering buyouts (basically paying people to leave), or threatening renovations to get rid of long-term tenants so they can charge more. People are doubling up with family or even strangers, which leads to overcrowding and sometimes unsafe situations. Sus, right?

Plus, trying to find a place is a whole obstacle course. Credit checks, references, and everything being online makes it tough for people who don't have internet or aren't tech-savvy. And let's not even get started on the discrimination some families, racialized tenants, and people with disabilities face. It's a whole struggle.

The city's aware of the situation and claims they're throwing resources at it to help vulnerable households. They’re trying to double the budget for relocation support and create a fund to strengthen housing committees. But housing advocates are still stressing, saying they need way more social housing and better tenant protections. It's giving "too little, too late" vibes.