Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Kingston and the surrounding area, calling for anywhere between 15 and 30 centimetres of snow over two…
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Kingston and the surrounding area, calling for anywhere between 15 and 30 centimetres of snow over two…
Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: Jan 29, 2021 • January 29, 2021 • 2 minute read
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KINGSTON The city’s rental vacancy rate improved in 2020 for the second year in a row, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
The rental vacancy rate in the Kingston Census Metropolitan Area, which includes Frontenac Islands, Loyalist and South Frontenac townships increased to 3.2 per cent in 2021, and the average monthly rent increased by 3.1 per cent to $1,282.
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The rental vacancy rate is considered healthy and is a turnaround from just two years ago.
Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: Dec 29, 2020 • December 29, 2020 • 3 minute read Housing advocates stand on the steps of Kingston City Hall during a housing protest on Sept. 15. Photo by Elliot Ferguson /The Whig-Standard
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KINGSTON It may have upended the economy, but the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t put much of a dent in record growth in the city’s housing construction market.
In 2019, the city’s building department processed more than 1,000 residential building permits, almost double the yearly average of about 590. Last year, 1,061 new residential units were added to the city’s housing stock.
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