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High-rise type residences ideal for relocation of informal settlers in QC – Belmonte

April 12, 2019 admin housing, informal settlers, Joy Belmonte, Latest News Stories, Metro, Philippine news updates, squatters

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:25:13 +0000

Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte said she would push for high-rise type dwellings to maximize land area and cater to hundreds of thousands of informal settlers as part of her planned massive in-city relocation in Quezon City.

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Election Promises Won’t Fix The Hot Mess That Is Toronto’s Housing Market

April 9, 2019 admin Andrew Scheer, canada news, housing, housing affordability, Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau, millennials, money, rent, Toronto

Credit to Author: Anne Gaviola| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:47:09 +0000

Housing advocate says this city is so expensive that even the middle-class need help to get by.

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House hunting hurdles for newcomers to Canada

April 8, 2019 admin housing, settlement

Credit to Author: Baisakhi Roy| Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2019 12:32:04 +0000

Impossibly high real estate prices, unreasonable rental landlords and credit history woes are just some of the house hunting horrors that newcomers face in Canada Such is the ordeal of finding a home to rent or buy in Canada that when we zeroed in on a couple of newcomer families who were in the midst […]

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Toronto Is Rapidly Losing Its Most Affordable Housing

April 5, 2019 admin canadian news, housing, HOUSING CRISIS, Parkdale, Poverty, rooming houses

Credit to Author: Lindsey Vodarek| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:18:12 +0000

Up to a third of Parkdale’s rooming houses are at “imminent risk” of being closed, a recent report shows.

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Even in Montreal, It’s Becoming Harder to Find an Apartment

April 2, 2019 admin Canada, housing, Montreal, news, Quebec, renting

Credit to Author: Ariane Labrèche| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 13:00:26 +0000

Residents tell VICE that landlords are cracking down on students, families, and immigrants looking for affordable housing.

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Justin Trudeau’s New Home-Buying Incentive Won’t Help the People Who Need It Most

March 22, 2019 admin affordability, federal budget, housing, millennial home ownership, money, rrsp, toronto housing, vancouver housing

Credit to Author: Anne Gaviola| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:13:49 +0000

Economists say what’s proposed in the federal budget isn’t going to cut it in the hottest markets.

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The Anti-Homeless Law That Scotland Scrapped But England Still Enforces

March 19, 2019 admin AUSTERITY, Homelessness, housing, oxford, rough sleeping, vagrancy act

Credit to Author: Rebecca Nathanson| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:11:09 +0000

Why campaigners want to repeal the “Vagrancy Act”.

Canada Immigration

Living in Calgary, Alberta

February 27, 2019 admin Alberta, Calgary, Economy, Featured, find a city, housing, immigrants, living in calgary, newcomers, settlement

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:41:06 +0000

Looking to move out West? Calgary, Alberta, has a lot to offer newcomers. Our ‘Find a City’ series explores ‘Cowtown.’ Calgary is the largest city in Alberta, the fourth largest city in Canada, and boasts the largest immigrant population after Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. In 2010, Calgary’s immigrant population was roughly 304,000 — or nearly […]

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