Montreal Rental Market Vacancy Rates Rise Amid Housing Policy Push
What happened
Provincial governments are pushing policies to address the housing crisis, with analysis focusing on Montreal's rental market vacancy rates. A 2025 survey found the vacancy rate for new rental units built between 2022 and 2025 in Montreal is 8.4%, nearly three times the Montreal average of 2.9%. CoStar reports that buildings built after 2020 have a 13.4% vacancy rate.
From montrealgazette.com
Why it matters
The high vacancy rates in new construction raise questions about whether the housing being built is affordable for the average tenant. A spokesperson for the Coalition of Housing Committees and Tenants Associations of Quebec stated that current development programs may be building housing that is too expensive for tenants.
Housing issues are concentrated in Montreal, and the housing stock is a shared responsibility.
From montrealgazette.com
Who's involved
- QuebecProvincial government pushing policies to solve the housing crisis
- MontrealCity where rental market vacancy rates are being analyzed
- Coalition Avenir QuébecProvincial political party involved in housing policy
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- QuebecSpeculative
The provincial government might face pressure to adjust development programs to improve housing affordability and demand.
How this reaches others
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Part of
Housing issues are concentrated in Montreal, with shared responsibility for the housing stock.Also in this story
- The social housing stock in Quebec, which holds over half of the province's units, is facing severe decline and maintenance deficits.
- Quebec's provincial government announced that it owns social housing stock and sets the rents.