{"id":36627,"date":"2022-04-04T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/?p=36627"},"modified":"2022-04-06T08:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:49:11","slug":"petition-against-no-pet-clauses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/petition-against-no-pet-clauses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Montreal SPCA launches a petition against no-pet clauses in residential leases at the National Assembly\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Montreal, April 4, 2022<\/strong> \u2013 In this election year, the Montreal SPCA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/?page_id=43617\">Keeping Families Together<\/a> campaign is making a strong comeback with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assnat.qc.ca\/en\/exprimez-votre-opinion\/petition\/Petition-9575\/index.html\">a petition<\/a>, supported by MNA Manon Mass\u00e9, launched this morning at the National Assembly. The petition calls on the government to abolish no-pet clauses in residential leases. The scarcity of animal-friendly housing is a concern for the Montreal SPCA as moving season approaches, particularly in light of the 3.7% average increase in rents, in addition to the general increase in the cost of living. With 52% of Quebec households having a companion animal, finding an affordable animal-friendly home is proving to be extremely difficult.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discriminatory towards low-income families&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, countless of Qu\u00e9bec residents are forced to make the gut-wrenching decision to part with their beloved animal, whom they consider a member of their family, in order to secure affordable rental housing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No-pet clauses disproportionately affect low-income families, who have more limited housing opportunities. The current state of the Qu\u00e9bec rental market is exacerbating this already difficult situation for many families. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), in 2021:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In addition to the 5.3% increase in Consumer Price Index (CPI), the average rent soared by 3.7% in Montr\u00e9al. This increase was similar to the one observed in 2020 (4.2%), which was also the highest since the early 2000s.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Only 13% of Montr\u00e9al apartments (approximately 79,000) could be considered affordable for the least affluent 20% of renter households (income under $25,000).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Animals are part of the average Qu\u00e9bec family&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a Leger survey conducted in November 2021, more than half of Qu\u00e9bec households, 52%, have a dog or cat; in 2021 alone, approximately 200,000 animals were added to the population of approximately 3.25 million companion animals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, only 4.2% of landlords allow dogs, despite the fact that 25% of Qu\u00e9bec households include a dog as one of their members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One animal abandoned per day&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Montreal SPCA is frequently witnesses to heartbreaking scenes in which responsible animal guardians, who love and care for their companion, are forced to part with them simply because they cannot find animal-friendly and affordable rental housing. In fact, throughout the year, nearly one animal per day ends up being abandoned at the Montreal SPCA due to a move, notwithstanding the hundreds of calls the SPCA receives from people who have difficulty finding a pet-friendly home. No-pet clauses in residential leases have devastating effects, not only on the families who find themselves unable to keep their animal, but on the animals themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time for change<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGiven that we are in an election year, the time is right to urge the government to declare no-pet clauses in residential leases null and without effect, as has been done elsewhere in the world,\u201d explains Sophie Gaillard, Director of Animal Advocacy and Legal Affairs at the Montreal SPCA. \u201cThe Montreal SPCA invites Quebecers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assnat.qc.ca\/en\/exprimez-votre-opinion\/petition\/Petition-9575\/index.html\">sign our petition<\/a> on the National Assembly website.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased to sponsor the Montreal SPCA\u2019s petition. Every year, in addition to the difficulty of finding reasonably priced housing, it is very difficult for tenants to find housing where animals are accepted. This often results in situations where people are forced to abandon their animals against their will. The solution is to ban clauses in residential leases that prohibit pets, and Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire has made a commitment to do so,\u201d said Manon Mass\u00e9, the Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire MNA for Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques, who supports the petition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-30-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>&nbsp;Montreal SPCA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media contact:<\/strong>&nbsp;Anita Kapuscinska, Senior Consultant, Corporate Development and Media Relations, Montr\u00e9al SPCA, 514-656-2760,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:anitak@spca.com\">anitak@spca.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Montr\u00e9al SPCA \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;Founded in 1869, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (now known simply as the Montr\u00e9al 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>In this election year, the Montreal SPCA\u2019s Keeping Families Together campaign is making a strong comeback with a petition launched at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communiques-de-presse","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Montreal SPCA launches a petition against no-pet clauses in residential leases at the National Assembly\u00a0 - 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