housing

GroundWire | August 28

GroundWire Production — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:36:48 +0000

Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site goes up in Toronto & WSDA take on coastal fish farms in BC

This episode of GroundWire is produced by CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal broadcasting from the traditional unceded territory of the Haudenosaunee (Mohawk) nation.

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Snowbirds after the Storm

David Koch — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:33:59 +0000

In post-crash Florida, Canadians are part of a growing class of landlords

BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA—Corporations and wealthy investors have been buying up the glut of homes repossessed by banks since the subprime mortgage crisis began in the US in 2007, netting bungalows for the price of a pickup truck and then renting them back to locals.

Régie du lentement

Tim McSorley — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:32 +0000

Record wait times at Quebec’s rental board affect low-income tenants

MONTREAL—On a wintry afternoon, housing rights activists and community organizers took their time in protesting through downtown Montreal, taking over an hour to walk just a few city blocks. The February 28 “slow march” ended at the offices of the Régie du logement, Quebec’s rental board, which protestors argue has become paralyzed by rising wait times.