With vacancy rates in Vancouver and Toronto at 0.9% and 1.7%, respectively, and rental costs on the rise, seniors, students, new immigrants, single parents, and persons with disabilities – those on low or fixed incomes — are being priced out of their towns. Ren Thomas, associate professor of planning at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says … Continue reading Rent Spikes Are Driving Canadians Out Of Their Homes