The financial sting of COVID-19 may deepen for some Canadians this week, as May 1 ushers in the second due date for renters since the pandemic began.
The crisis has left more than one million people out of work and forced millions more to apply for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB).
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has highlighted the federal aid program as a way for people to pay their rent and groceries, but there has been a myriad of concerns that the funding doesn’t go far enough.
A new survey from a community advocacy group puts the concerns of Canada’s renters into perspective. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) polled 1,100 renters from across the country as the May 1 rent deadline approached.