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Every year, thousands of international students come to Canada, many of them with the intention of making Canada their home. But many who arrive here soon discover that finding a decent and affordable place to live can be far more challenging than they thought.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Tania Das Gupta and Yvonne Su from York University highlight some of the problems international students face when searching for housing in Canada. As of 2022, there were more than 807,000 international students in Canada, around 40 per cent of whom come from India. In addition to the skyrocketing costs of housing, many international students have to contend with sub-standard and overcrowded housing and abusive landlords.
Das Gupta and Su argue that governments and post-secondary institutions need to do more to regulate housing and listen to students calling for change.
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Many international students face abuse and struggle to find decent and affordable housing.
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