/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9613/all en /newsroom/jayne-malenfant Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:26:00 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 307599 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-montreal-prepares-moving-day-amid-continuing-housing-crisis-348869 <p>The vacancy rate in Montreal is at two per cent this year, for the third year in a row. The price for a three-bedroom, family sized-apartment generally starts at $1,500 a month. While the average price for a two-bedroom apartment is roughly $1,050 a month, according to the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation, units under $1,000 are disappearing fast. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/moving-day-how-inflation-and-a-housing-shortage-may-complicate-quebec-renters-plans-1.6423904" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CTV</a>)聽</p> Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:42:06 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 304536 at /newsroom /newsroom/moshe-lander Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:16:29 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283739 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/housing-first-strategy-proves-cost-effective-especially-most-vulnerable-homeless-group-323879 <p>Canadians spend big money dealing with the consequences of homelessness, but the money spent could be far more effective. According to a new 黑料不打烊-led analysis, housing homeless people with severe mental illness is even more cost-effective than housing homeless people with moderate needs. A Housing-First strategy aimed at helping these individuals regain and keep permanent housing generates savings equal to about two-thirds of its cost.</p> Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:14:06 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 236216 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-concordia-team-create-net-zero-energy-home-269911 <p>Imagine a household that produces as much if not more electricity than it consumes. Now imagine that home in Montreal 鈥� harsh winters and all. That鈥檚 what a group of students and staff from Concordia and 黑料不打烊 universities is working toward. Students from undergraduate to PhD levels are teaming up to build what is called a 鈥渘et zero energy鈥� home. Then next year, the residence will be transported to China, where it will go up against other solar-powered housing models from around the world in a competition called a solar decathlon.<br /></p> Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:53:54 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32218 at /newsroom