1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«In addition to providing a descriptive overview of the geography of affordable market rental housing in Montreal and Vancouver, this article compares the differences in the availability of affordable rental housing between rapid transit catchment areas and noncatchment areas, for each type of household.» (p. 865)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«A 20% sample of rental data was gathered from three online rental listing sites every other day between May 21 and June 3, 2014. […] The final data set for Montreal contained 2,629 units, whereas that for Vancouver contained 2,046 units. The median monthly rent (including utilities) for a two-bedroom apartment was $981 in Montreal, and $1,430 in Vancouver […].» (p. 868)

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«[I]t is clear that the supply of affordable housing is distributed unevenly across space, both within and between metropolitan areas. Housing was more affordable in outer zones of each metropolitan area, consistent with the suburbanization of poverty in Canadian cities […]. We also found housing to be less affordable in Vancouver than in Montreal, confirming popular perceptions. However, household composition and income level also greatly affect the distribution of affordable housing. […] Our results also point toward a lack of affordable housing within rapid transit catchments relative to noncatchment areas.» (p. 882) In Montreal, however, «[f]or low-income couples with children, and very low- and low-income couples without children, there was […] a higher proportion of housing considered affordable within rapid transit catchments in the Outer Suburbs. This was also the case for low-income couples with children in the Inner Suburbs.» (p. 874) Regarding the distribution of affordable housing in Montreal, results suggest «that couples without children face much greater flexibility in the rental market in terms of both the number of options available and their geographic locale.» (p. 873)