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Sherbrooke’s public housing crumbles as director’s pay soars (thenorthstar.media)

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The salary of the official who runs the public housing office in Sherbrooke, Quebec, has more than doubled in four years. That’s four times the region’s median worker income, and more than six times the income cap for accessing the organization’s social housing. Meanwhile, one in five units in the network is in an advanced state of disrepair. Tenants have almost no input, and neither does the…