As rents soar, tenants organize local protests. But what's needed for a national housing movement?

Striking tenants who are refusing to pay big rent increases in several buildings in Toronto’s west end say they’ve been flooded with support from across the country.

York South-Weston Tenant Union organizer Bruno Dobrusin said support for their rent strike has been “overwhelming.” Not only are people paying attention, but he said they’re interested in learning how to organize themselves.

“It’s a hopeful sign that people are rising up and fighting back,” said Dobrusin.

“We’re seeing that there is more and more demand for broader movements. But provincially or nationally, the question now is how can we support each other?”

Advocates like Dobrusin say Canadians shut out of the country’s tight housing market may be more

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