尼古拉斯·马里昂在蒙特利尔生活了 11 年，但他现在担心会被迫离开所在社区。
Nicolas Marion has been living in Montreal for the past 11 years, but now he's worried about being pushed out of his neighbourhood.
“我开始达到我能负担得起的房租极限了，”他在周一的市议会会议上对民选官员说。
"I'm starting to reach the limit of what I can afford to pay," he told elected officials during a city council meeting on Monday.
马里昂不仅担心被迫搬离，还害怕沦为无家可归者。他说，他所在大楼的装修并不总是必要的，而是被用来牟利。
Not only does Marion fear being pushed out, he's afraid of becoming homeless. He says renovations in his building aren't always necessary and are being used to generate profits.
蒙特利尔市长索拉娅·马丁内斯·费拉达回应说，他的处境引起了在场所有人的共鸣，遗憾的是，这也是许多蒙特利尔市民在努力应对不断上涨的房租时面临的现实。
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada responded by saying his situation resonated with all those present, and that unfortunately it's a reality for many Montrealers who are struggling to keep up with rising rents.
她说：“我们在无家可归问题上所做的工作，不仅仅是支持那些已经生活在街头的人；也是要关上水龙头，防止其他人最终沦落街头。”
"The work we are doing regarding homelessness isn't just about supporting those already living on the streets; it's also about turning off the tap to prevent others from ending up there," she said.
马里昂表达了他的担忧，随后不久，市议会投票通过了一项关于租金管制和强制租金登记册的修正动议。
Marion shared his concerns shortly before council voted in favour of an amended motion on rent control and a mandatory rent registry.
更具体地说，市政府要求魁北克省政府将租金涨幅限制在三年平均通胀率水平，以更好地控制租金，但重大装修和重大投资除外。
More specifically, the city is asking the Quebec government to cap rent increases to inflation over a three-year average to better control rent, with exceptions for major renovations and significant investment.
市政府还要求省政府建立一个普遍且易于获取的租金登记册，让租户能够了解房产的租金历史。
It's also asking the province to put in place a universal and accessible rent registry that would allow tenants to know the rent history of a property.
“蒙特利尔计划”党的埃尔维拉·卡尔瓦兰基提出了该动议，她表示目标是“让租金上涨更具可预测性，让租赁市场更透明”。据市政府官员称，蒙特利尔三分之二的家庭是租房户。
Projet Montréal's Elvira Carhuallanqui tabled the motion, saying the goal is "to make rent increases more predictable, and the rental market more transparent." According to city officials, two thirds of Montreal households are renters.
登记册旨在恢复信息平衡 根据魁北克省法律，房东应按魁北克住宅租赁合同表格 G 款的规定，披露 12 个月内的最低租金。
Registry about restoring balance of information Under Quebec law, landlords are supposed to disclose the lowest rent paid over a 12-month period, as stipulated by section G on the Quebec residential lease form.
魁北克住房委员会和租户协会联盟（RCLALQ）的伯努瓦·吕利耶认为，G 款在保护租户方面并不有效。
Benoit Rullier, with the Coalition of Housing Committees and Tenants Associations of Quebec (RCLALQ), argues that section G is not effective when it comes to protecting tenants.
Vivre en Ville 是魁北克市一个致力于促进可持续社区的非营利组织。该组织最近与民调公司 Leger 合作开展的一项研究表明，该省 79% 的租户要么不知道房东是否填写了租约中的 G 部分，要么知道房东没有填写。
Vivre en Ville is a Quebec City non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable communities. A recent study they carried out in collaboration with polling firm Leger indicates that 79 per cent of tenants in the province are either unaware whether their landlord had filled out section G of their lease, or knew that their landlord had not filled it out.
不知道之前的租金是多少，租户就很难证明租金上涨是不合理的或滥用的。
Without knowing what the previous rent was, it's difficult for tenants to prove a rent increase is unjustified or abusive.
Rullier 表示，强制性租金登记册将有助于更好地执行法规。
Rullier says a mandatory rent registry will allow for better enforcement of regulations.
麦吉尔大学城市规划教授 David Wachsmuth 表示，即使有租金登记册，仍然由租户来确保租金保持在允许的范围内。
David Wachsmuth, a professor of urban planning at McGill University, says that even with a rent registry, it would still be up to the tenant to make sure that the rent stays within the allowed limits.
“租金登记册的关键理念是解决经济学家所说的‘信息不对称’问题，”他说。这一概念认为，当一方拥有比另一方多得多的信息时，这会使他们在交易中获得谈判优势。
"The key idea about a rental registry is to solve the problem of what economists would call 'information asymmetry,'" he said. The concept suggests that when one party has a lot more information than the other, it gives them negotiating advantages in a transaction.
“有一种大致的规定说，‘嘿，这是允许的租金上涨幅度’，但如果双方都不能平等地核实每个人是否都遵守规则，那也毫无意义，”他说。
"There's kind of one law that says, ‘Hey, here's the allowed rent increases,' but it doesn't amount to anything if both parties aren't in an equal position to verify that everybody's following the rules," he said.
租金登记册可能是什么样子 虽然在政府监管下实施新系统可能比较棘手，但 Wachsmuth 表示，有几种可选方案。
What a rent registry could look like Although it can be tricky to implement a new system with government oversight, Wachsmuth says there are a few options available.
他说，政府可以在 Vivre en Ville 实施的登记册框架基础上进行建设，现任和过去的租户可以匿名提交关于其租赁单元的信息。
He said the government could build on the framework of the registry implemented by Vivre en Ville, where current and past tenants can anonymously submit information about their rental units.
收集的数据包括街道地址、每月租金价格、租金调整和公用事业费用等信息。
The data collected includes information such as street addresses, monthly rent price, rent adjustments and utility costs.
魁北克住房仲裁庭建议基本租金上涨3.1% 蒙特利尔房东因在公园延伸区将租金上调高达20%而遭批评 另一个选择，成本更高，需要更多时间和资源，是由省政府要求将租约提交至政府门户网站。瓦赫斯穆特表示，信息可以得到核实，然后任何被认定符合公共利益的内容都可以公布。另一种可能性是依托现有的税务系统。
Quebec housing tribunal recommends a 3.1% basic rent increase Montreal landlords under fire for rent increases as high as 20% in Park Ex Another option, which would cost more and require more time and resources, would be for the province to require that leases be submitted into a government portal. Wachsmuth said the information could be verified, and then whatever is determined to be in the public interest could be posted. Yet another possibility would be to piggyback off existing tax systems.
“魁北克税务局已经拥有收集和核实所有人收入信息的庞大机制，因此向该系统增加一个额外的接口，将使租赁市场更加透明，”瓦赫斯穆特说。租金登记制度在魁北克长期被讨论，但从未实施。
"Revenu Québec already has an enormous amount of apparatus to gather and verify everybody's income information, and so adding one additional hook into that system would make the rental market much more transparent," Wachsmuth said. Rent registries have long been discussed in Quebec, but never implemented.
住房倡导者和蒙特利尔市希望展现统一战线，以推动新的魁北克党政府采取行动——该政府表示，住房和无家可归是其首要任务。
Housing advocates and the City of Montreal hope that showing a united front will help nudge the new Parti Québécois government — which has said housing and homelessness are top priorities — to act.
然而，瓦赫斯穆特表示，作为少数政府，其可能采取的行动在很大程度上取决于其在住房政策方面与其他政党结成的联盟。
Wachsmuth says, however, that as a minority government, the actions it might take will have a lot to do with the alliances it forms with other parties regarding housing policies.
房东就租金管制的利弊展开辩论 但并非所有人都支持建立租金登记制度或实行租金管制。
Rent control's merits debated by landlords But not everyone supports the idea of a registry or rent control.
埃里克·桑苏西是一家非营利组织的发言人，该组织代表并支持魁北克全省的住宅租赁房产所有者和管理人员，他表示，该省已经有足够的保障措施。
Éric Sansoucy, a spokesperson for , a non-profit organization that represents and supports residential rental property owners and managers throughout Quebec, says the province already has enough safeguards in place.
桑苏西引用了加拿大抵押贷款和住房公司（CMHC）2025年关于限制年度租金上涨的租金管制法律的研究。
Sansoucy pointed to a 2025 study by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) on rent-control laws which limit annual rent increases.
该研究表明，租金管制可以帮助现有租户获得较低租金，但可能存在权衡，例如空置单元的租金更高。它还可能导致投资和维修减少、新建工程放缓以及租户流动性降低。
The study shows they can help current tenants with lower rents, but that there can be trade-offs, such as higher rents for vacant units. They can also lead to lower investments and repairs, the slowing down of new construction and reduced tenant mobility.
桑苏西表示，登记制度会抑制房屋维护，却无法缓解市场压力，他倾向于用另一种方式解决住房危机。
Sansoucy says a registry would stifle maintenance without lowering market pressures, and favours a different approach to solving the housing crisis.
他说：“真正的解决办法是帮助民众，向低收入家庭提供直接财政援助和住房补贴。”
"The real solution is to help the people and provide direct financial assistance and housing allowances to low-income households," he said.
在此期间，蒙特利尔市已同意继续为“城市生活”组织的登记系统提供资金，并努力让更多租户了解这一资源的存在。
In the interim, the City of Montreal has agreed to continue funding for Vivre en Ville's registry, and to put some effort into making sure more tenants know the resource exists.