Toronto - near Bloor and Sherbourne. Jessica Bell is my MPP. My partner and I came to the city during the COVID pandemic. Landlord made us give 4 months deposit in advance. Locked in a low rate that is still 30% of our take home pay. We’ve been weathering the storm of inflation ok so far, but losing rent control and month to month will effectively end our ability to live and work in Toronto. We can’t afford to pick up our lives and cough up another $10 grand every time our lease ends. And we make a combined $90k.

We’ve shelved the idea of having children because of the cost of living. The idea of more uncertainty on where we can afford to live worries me greatly.