Montreal and Quebec City rank last in North America for housing availability: study

More Quebecers looking for housing than last year after moving day as crisis worsens: FRAPRU

Even more Quebecers are looking for housing than during the same period last year, according to the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU). The organization’s spokesperson, Véronique Laflamme, noted that 2,039 tenants are currently receiving active assistance across the province to find housing, citing data from the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ), during a [] The post More Quebecers looking for housing than last year after moving day as crisis worsens: FRAPRU appeared first on CityNews Montreal.

When tenants leave, rents surge: A West Island housing reality

Many tenants in Quebec's West Island have experienced significant rent increases when apartments change hands. Previously rented apartments that were listed at around 1,200 per month are now being relisted for 1,800, 1,900, or even more than 2,000 for a

App renter insurance offers cheap coverage — if your address passes its test

A downtown Burlington apartment produced a 15.16 monthly quote, a 500 deductible, and an offer to start coverage the next day, while an older home in rural Vermont was rejected. The post App renter insurance offers cheap coverage — if your address passes its test first appeared on Vermont Daily Chronicle. The post App renter insurance offers cheap coverage — if your address passes its test appeared first on Vermont Daily Chronicle.

Vacant rent-stabilized apartment rate climbs despite persistent housing shortage

Vacant rent-stabilized apartments in New York City appear to be on the rise, adding another wrinkle to the increasingly contentious debate over the future of the city’s regulated housing stock. About 57,000 rent-stabilized apartments sat vacant last year, representing roughly 5.6 percent of the city’s approximately 1 million stabilized units, according to landlord filings obtained by The City Reporter through a Freedom of Information Law request. The latest figures mark an increase from the 3.7 percent reported in 2016, The vacancy rate briefly jumped to roughly 7 percent in 2021, when the pandemic emptied neighborhoods across the five boroughs. While []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.