It’s been said time and time again, Vancouver is an expensive place to live.

If you’re looking to rent in Toronto, 2019 is poised to be a challenging year.

B.C.’s Premier John Horgan and housing minister Selina Robinson are receiving opposing recommendations on whether to ban rental restrictions on strata units, or continue to allow strata corporations to limit rentals.

A previous proposal to replace a pair of three-storey rental housing buildings in downtown Vancouver’s West End is set to be revived.

Based on the B.C. Consumer Price Index and the formula for rent increases in British Columbia, the maximum annual allowable rent increase will be 4.5% in 2019.

Toronto rent is high. It’s unlikely that anyone renting in Toronto needs a report to confirm this. But it’s not just that the rent is high. It’s that it keeps going up.

Lisa Mazurek was standing at the front desk of the Vernon courthouse, trying to get a peace bond against her tenant. She was tired, frustrated and running out of options.Since March, things had been going downhill with the tenant renting out her basement suite. What started off as late or unpaid rent had escalated to visits from the police, erratic behaviour, confrontations, drug use and even threats, she says.

A unique approach to affordable rental housing that's purposefully designed for building community is officially open. Co:Here is a 26 unit affordable housing project located in the Commercial Drive and Grandview-Woodlands neighbourhood, supported through partnerships between the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, Streetohome Foundation, and many other organizations and individuals.

Canada’s most expensive rental market is no longer Vancouver, as prices fall in the city. Numbers from rentals.ca show over half of Canadian cities saw 1 bedroom rental prices rise in June. The rise, combined with Vancouver’s fall, crowned Toronto the most expensive market.