Some respondents told us they feel stuck, while others are worried about the future they envisioned for themselves and family.
Ideally, Jassmann wants to leave the city for somewhere smaller. But she's finding rental markets outside the city are no better and ownership is unattainable.Understanding Toronto’s rental market pain pointsToronto’s rental market has several pain points. CBC Toronto’s Shannon Martin speaks to several housing experts to better understand how Canada’s largest city has been pushed into a rental crisis.
George Freeland-Haynes is 16 years old and shares a basement apartment with his mother where he's lived since he was a couple months old. "The idea that I was going to be spending the first four months of [school] without necessarily a place that, a home that was mine, was admittedly scary."Nemoy Lewis, an assistant professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University, said this issue is not a new one for some communities.