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Nearly 200 households in need of shelter after moving day in Quebec (www.thestar.com)

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Quebec’s housing agency says almost 200 households have been forced to find temporary shelter after being unable to find a new place to live on the pr...

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[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is absolutely mental. I hated apartment hopping the handful of times I've had to do it, but I can't imagine hoofing my appliances from place to place. Moving all my shit is bad enough...

[–] auxym@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Also if you need to hire movers or rent a truck for July 1st, you better book 6 months in advance.

It's quite a ridiculously inefficient system from that point of view. Movers as an industry have insane demand exactly 1 day if the year, better find something else to do the rest of the year.