September 19, 2019
The London Free Press – Ontario
Heather Rivers
Rising rents pushing London poor into ‘deep poverty’: Advocate
Rising rents are driving tenants with low or fixed income into “deep poverty,” says one London housing advocate.
Two-thirds, or 67 per cent of low-income Londoners spend more than half their income just to keep a roof over their head and the heat and electricity on, according to the Canadian Rental Housing Index, a database that compiles rental housing statistics across Canada.