Canada and Apartment Units

neighbourhood: E. went all out to look for housing for the three families they planned to bring to Canada with the $79,000 they’ve raised, according to Toronto Star. By the end of November, Sufi said his group has already locked up two apartment units in the neighbourhood, including one two-bedroom for $1,200 a month and another three-bedroom for $1,400. As soon as his private sponsorship group was formed in October, members from this working-class community at Markham Rd. and Lawrence Ave. It difficult for new immigrants to find housing, affordable or not, said the 51-year-old, who came to Canada from India in 1993 and works on the assembly line of an auto parts factory. You can’t even tell them the truth or they will never accept your application, he said. Landlords demand references, pay stubs, bank information and sometimes exorbitant deposits, said Sufi, and they would not even consider tenants who are refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.