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1 in 5 Quebec tenants struggled to pay rent over the past year, new study finds
The study on the rental market was carried out by Leger for the group Vivre en Ville. It says the average monthly rent has increased by $150 since 2023 and found that 20 per cent of participants struggled to pay their rent.
This is what a new Léger poll commissioned by the Living in the City organization reveals.
One in four Montreal tenants had difficulty paying their rent in 2025, reveals a Léger poll published Monday morning. And most (17%) experienced this difficulty several times, shows the survey commissioned by the organization Living in the City.
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The explosion in housing prices continues to hurt, while one out of five tenants is struggling to pay their rent in Quebec, according to a new study.
Rent Increases Set to Worsen the Housing Crisis – The Rover
GRAPHIC: Justin Khan When Lyn Lee started working with a tenants’ rights group five years ago, she never imagined that part of her job would be accompanying folks to the emergency room. But faced with an out-of-control rental market that’s pushing hundreds of Montrealers onto the street each year, some of Lee’s clients are buckling under the pressure. Sometimes she takes them to the hospital. “It’s catastrophic,” says Lee, a community organizer …
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