{"id":30625,"date":"2020-04-21T09:55:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/?p=30625"},"modified":"2020-04-22T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:44:27","slug":"corpiq-communique-de-presse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/corpiq-communique-de-presse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Montreal SPCA Asks Landlords to Rent to Families with Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em><em>Press Release \u2013 For immediate release<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Montreal, April 21, 2020 &#8211;<\/strong> This year\u2019s moving season is shaping up to be disastrous. Not only has the housing shortage reached historic levels worsened by construction delays, the pandemic has caused income loss for many Quebecers. Finding a rental unit in the present context is extremely difficult, and even more so for families with companion animals. This is why the Montreal SPCA is launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/petition-rentals\/\">a campaign<\/a> calling for Corporation des propri\u00e9taires immobiliers du Qu\u00e9bec (CORPIQ) members to show solidarity and leniency with families, by permitting them to bring their companion animals along into their new homes. Without landlords\u2019 open-mindedness, a new catastrophe will very soon strike many families and animal shelters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Urgently adapting to an extraordinary situation<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), only 1.8% of rental units are available in Quebec and 1.5% in Montreal. These are the lowest vacancy rates since 2004. With fewer housing options to choose from, low-income families with an animal are all the more penalized. Refusing to rent to families with an animal often imposes a heart-wrenching decision: abandoning their companion, whom they consider to be a member of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince animal shelters are currently operating with reduced services and staff, a new disaster will soon be upon us if landlords do not heed this call. Without landlords\u2019 leniency, shelters will soon experience a real catastrophe,\u201d warns \u00c9lise Desaulniers, executive director at the Montreal SPCA. \u201cLandlords hold the key to preventing a disaster. They can keep families together through the crisis,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With or without an animal, all tenants have the same obligations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SPCA reminds landlords that the obligations of all tenants, whether or not they have an animal, remain the same. Renters have the legal responsibility to keep their dwelling in good condition and ensure others\u2019 peaceful enjoyment of the premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The population encouraged to take action<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn these difficult times, let\u2019s keep families together and avoid disastrous animal abandonment in our shelters,\u201d Desaulniers asks Quebecers. \u201cPlease, join the movement by signing and sharing our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/petition-rentals\/\">petition to the CORPIQ<\/a> asking landlords to show leniency towards animal lovers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-30-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source :&nbsp;<\/strong>SPCA de Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media contact:&nbsp;<\/strong>Anita Kapuscinska, Montreal SPCA, 514-656-2760, or <a href=\"mailto:anitak@spca.com\">anitak@spca.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Montreal SPCA \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Founded in 1869, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (now known simply as the Montreal SPCA) was the first animal-welfare organization in Canada. Today, the Montreal SPCA is the largest animal protection organization in Quebec, speaking on behalf of animals wherever there is ignorance, cruelty, exploitation, or neglect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release \u2013 For immediate release Montreal, April 21, 2020 &#8211; This year\u2019s moving season is shaping up to be disastrous. Not only has the housing shortage reached historic levels worsened by construction delays, the pandemic has caused income loss for many Quebecers. 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