Researchers at the University of Winnipeg’s Institute of Urban Studies (IUS) have published a research report,Evictions and Eviction Prevention in Canada,that examines changes to the housing market and drivers of eviction that are causing increased evictions across the nation.
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how interconnected we are, and how we need system-wide responses to challenges, including eviction.
斯科特·麦卡洛（Scott McCullough）
The report is authored by Dr. Sarah Zell and Scott McCullough, with assistance from Ryan Shirtliffe and Anya Ingram, as part of a study conducted for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Evictions and their impact are an increasing concern, across Canada and worldwide. This research, conducted in 2019 and early 2020, examines evictions in Canada through a literature review and interviews with housing service providers and people with lived experience of eviction. The research team also examined, and compiled an inventory of, various eviction prevention measures implemented across Canada.
Their findings suggest the drivers, types, frequency, and scale of evictions across Canada have changed over the past 15 years, with a marked rise in development-related evictions in the context of tight housing markets and lack of affordable housing.
这一增长包括更多以房东驱动的驱逐，例如对响应市场条件的翻新，自动驱逐，财产转换和拆除。
“This makes it difficult for renters to secure affordable housing,” said Zell. “Ongoing housing and financial challenges continue to impact housing stability and represent a broader set of societal challenges.”
Zell和McCullough的研究表明，不断变化的驱逐环境正在影响更广泛的人员和预防计划，需要更大的能力来防止驱逐。
There is growing evidence that development-led evictions are altering the profile of those impacted by eviction, putting broader cohorts of people at risk. More comprehensive data on evictions are required to confirm the full picture of these shifts and of those affected.
这些转变还表明需要对驱逐的新反应，尤其是与特定人群相关的，以及在系统层面上的响应，以解决这些新兴驱逐的驱动因素。必须努力解决与住房市场的全球转变，住房负担能力以及其他继续影响住房稳定的因素有关的更广泛问题。
麦卡洛说：“我们需要解决导致驱逐的根本原因。”“尽管大多数驱逐本质上都是经济的，但导致他们的系统级因素需要由政府领导人解决，这些政府领导人可以采取政策并努力减少就业和经济不确定性，同时促进所有人的住房负担能力。”
驱逐预防COVID-19大流行期间
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian economy exacerbates the problem.
“It is important that we examine and understand the social and spatial impacts of the pandemic on tenants’ housing and financial security, as well as the extent to which preventative and responsive measures are effective at addressing gaps,” said Zell.
In response to widespread fears over pandemic-related evictions and increased overall housing instability, the federal government, and most provinces, implemented measures to support tenants and landlords, such as banning late fees on rent and asking courts to ban the enforcement of rental evictions during the pandemic.
In many provinces, moratoria on evictions were in place for the pandemic, and tenants and landlords were encouraged to work together to come up with solutions. Some provinces have responded to pandemic-related financial distress by providing financial assistance to landlords and rent relief to tenants through temporary rental supplements or utility payment deferral programs.
“The extent to which things will return to the status quo following the crisis remains to be seen,” said McCullough. “The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how interconnected we are, and how we need system-wide responses to challenges, including eviction,” he said.
The Institute of Urban Studies(IUS) acts as an innovative, independent research and educational unit of the University of Winnipeg, with an action-research orientation. Since 1969, the IUS has been both an academic and an applied research centre, committed to examining urban development issues in a broad, non-partisan manner. Originally dedicated to addressing the problems and concerns of the inner city, the Institute’s research mandate has evolved to encompass the social, demographic, physical, economic, and environmental well-being of Canadian cities and communities.
