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The Impact of the Rapid Housing Initiative on Housing in Quebec

The federal government gave a couple billion directly to cities as long as they acquired or built housing within a year of getting the money. In Quebec, you are only allowed to raise the rent a certain amount every year. There's a cap on it and you can work with your landlord hopefully to do a calculation to show how much that is before you agree to a rent increase.

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