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The housing crisis in Montreal and how the pandemic keeps compounding things
as seen more and more in Montreal, evictions under the pretext of renovations to bump up rent.Saray Ortiz Torres, a community organizer for the group, explained that some people are currently left with a tough choice: either taking on leases they can’t afford, or being forced to stay put because there simply aren’t enough apartments available.“People deserve to live in dignity,” she said, adding that the responsibility to have more affordable and available housing options shouldn’t fall on those struggling to find a place to call home.In the city, vacancy rates have improved a little over the past year after hitting a historic 15-year low in 2019.