Renters brace for winter COVID-19 evictions
Hicham Alasbachi is a Syrian refugee who lives in a one bedroom, first-floor apartment on Weston Road in North York, Ontario. He\u2019s been there for a couple years now, but he\u2019s not sure how much longer he\u2019ll be able to stay. Alasbachi\u2019s had problems paying his rent for a long time, and now, seven months into the pandemic, he\u2019s facing the possibility of eviction. As part of Year K, our ongoing series exploring how the pandemic could make Canada a less equal place, today we\u2019re focused on evictions and why the COVID economic downturn is hitting renters so hard.