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Women have more difficulty in finding housing in the city of Quebec than men, according to a document released Monday by the People's Action Front on Urban Redevelopment (FRAPRU).
According to the survey, women are doubly affected by the consequences of the shortage of rental housing that affects the city for nearly a decade.
"More poor to afford housing rare, women are more likely to spend an exorbitant share of their income on housing. This is the case of four women in ten renters, "said organizer to FRAPRU, Véronique Laflamme, who recalls that since 2000, the cost of housing has skyrocketed, from 30.5% in Quebec.
The scarcity of housing in the area is also conducive to the discrimination suffered by particular mothers, immigrants and people receiving social assistance.
The shortage would also have effects on women victims of domestic violence, which must continue to suffer violence because they can move.
Furthermore, women who live in shelters can not get out because they do not find adequate housing at a reasonable price.
At Quebec as elsewhere, several women tenants struggle to make ends meet. More than 23,105 renter households (39.5%) whose main income earner is a woman, spend more than the standard 30% of their income on housing.
To meet the most urgent needs, FRAPRU estimated 50 000 new social housing should be built within five years.
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