This week’s release of the updated Canadian Rental Housing Index reveals surging rental costs and many related challenges faced by renter households across the country.
The update earned coverage from media outlets across the country, heightening public pressure on governments to tackle housing affordability and positioning the community housing sector as a solution to the crisis.
Here are some of the over 350 stories published:
Vancouver Sun: Exclusive: More than 100,000 B.C. households at risk of homelessness due to rental crisis
Global News BC: More B.C. renters are spending half their income on housing than anywhere else in Canada: Index
CBC News BC: More B.C. renters are spending ‘crisis-level’ amounts on housing, rental housing index finds
CTV News Vancouver: ‘Crisis level’ of B.C. renters spending more than half their income on rent and utilities
Daily Hive Vancouver: BC leads country in spending “crisis amounts” of money on rent
Chek News: B.C. renters spending ‘crisis’ amounts on rent and utilities, says housing index
Prince George Citizen: Rents in Prince George up 16.7% in five years, Census data shows
Castanet: ‘Vicious cycle’: Report highlights impact of high rent in Kelowna
Prince Albert Daily Herald: New renter stats show Sask. in an affordability crisis
Toronto Star: Average rent up almost 30 per cent in Ontario, says new housing index