The decline in rental housing units still considered affordable is due to changes in the rental price range. When you look at the graph—which I can forward to you, Mr. Ste‑Marie—you see that the number of units renting for less than $750 a month is dropping, while the number of units renting for more than $1,000 a month is growing. Those are Statistics Canada figures. A similar exercise was done for all of Canada, and it's extremely worrisome.
Housing in the biggest cities is now virtually unaffordable. There is no more affordable rental housing for low- and modest-income households. Take the current situation in Quebec, where the lack of rental housing has spread to all municipalities, including regional municipalities that had previously been spared. The affordability crisis was first felt in Montreal, Gatineau and Quebec City but is now affecting Alma, Chicoutimi, Shawinigan, Trois‑Rivières, Drummondville, Granby and other small cities. It's having a devastating impact on renter households, which tend to be poorer than other households.