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Feeling like the system is rigged against them was a common theme for the tenants interviewed in this Manitoba Research Alliance study focused on above-guideline rent increases (AGIs) in West Broadway. In a neighbourhood of 93 percent renters, these tenants’ experiences were rife with bureaucracy and power imbalances.
This study aligns with existing media and literary coverage and finds that landlords use AGIs to hike rents high above the guideline, an amount set annually by the Manitoba government. These increases blur the line between a landlord’s responsibility to maintain their buildings and what expenses they can foist onto tenants. Renters have no say in the upgrades that happen to their homes, yet are being forced to pay for these changes—in perpetuity.
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Featured, Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization