Non-profit housing, tightened rent control solutions to climbing rents in Winnipeg: advocates
mean it doesn’t apply to a number of properties, including those built in the last two decades, MacKinnon said.“There’s very little, minimal supply that actually falls under rent regulations,” MacKinnon said.
And most applications are approved, Allison Fenske with the Public Interest Law Centre told 680 CJOB Thursday.Trending Now“There are ways that tenants can work to dispute those increases,” she said. “Unfortunately, folks find themselves in positions where they’re no longer able to afford their housing, and that’s a significant concern.”
“All the people who complain about their landlord raising the rent at a usurious manner have to understand, a landlord can only raise the rent with government’s permission,” he said. “We’re just trying to make a living like everyone elseNon-profit housing and tightened rent control could provide solutions: advocatesStory continues below advertisement
“In the past five years, we lost about 10,000 rental units that are at the $750 or less rent rate,” Maes Nino said. “That’s what’s considered affordable for about 40 per cent of renters in the province.”
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