Montreal opposition calls for summit on student housing

If Montreal wants to stay on top as the world’s best city for students, it needs to create 5,000 new rooms in student housing in the next seven years, the municipal opposition party said Thursday.
Opposition leader Lionel Perez said that while Montreal still compares favourably with many other cities around the world for affordable housing for students, its rising popularity with international students is making it harder and harder for them to find decent places to live.
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