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UBC study finds more than 10 per cent of B.C. renters report being evicted

Province has highest rate of eviction in Canada — by almost 4 percentage points
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B.C. has the highest rate of evictions in the country according to a new UBC study. File Photo

Over 10 per cent of renters in B.C. report being evicted.

A new study out of the University of British Columbia finds the amount of evictions that take place in B.C. is far higher than in other provinces by “almost four percentage points.”

“When that number came out… I was very surprised,” said researcher Craig Jones. “I knew that was going to be the key finding of the work that we were doing.”

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Marc Kitteringham

About the Author: Marc Kitteringham

I joined Black press in early 2020, writing about the environment, housing, local government and more.
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