As Quebec’s move-in day approaches (July 1), the Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ) is sounding the alarm about rising rents.
With the title, “Moving: A nightmare for tenants,” this year’s rental report finds a 27-28 per cent raise in rental prices over the past four years in Montreal alone – almost double the rate of inflation.
But the RCLALQ is also sounding the alarm over government pressure to remove criticisms of Quebec’s housing tribunal from a new website, Locataire.info. Funded almost entirely by Quebec’s Ministry of Justice, its the RCLALQ’s comprehensive guide to tenants’ rights and resources – as well as popular demands and ways to organize.
In a statement to CKUT, the Ministry of Justice has denied making the financial threats the RCLALQ alleges. However, they say they’ve asked the group to remove “comments and demands of the RCLALQ in relation to the Administrative Housing Tribunal” from the site because they do “not fit into the objectives and project description on the basis of which the project was financed.”
