Homelessness in greater Victoria

However, the rental stock universes for the categories of ‘private apartments only’ and ‘private apartments and row house combined’ are approximately the same for these portions of the market and thus, does not affect data comparability with other housing data in this report. [...] The majority of bachelor units in the rental universe are located in the City of Victoria (2,284) with an average rental cost of $731 – and a 1.1% vacancy rate. [...] Nationally, the average rent for bachelor apartments in Canada was $690 ($674 in 2013) with Victoria ranking 8th most expensive city in Canada.24 Most municipalities in Greater Victoria experienced a decrease in rental vacancy and an increase in average monthly rent for a bachelor apartment, with the exception of the West Shore municipalities where there was an increase in rental vacancy and a sli [...] The Fall Rental Market Survey presents a more complete picture of the housing market for the reference year, compared to the Spring Rental Market Survey released in April of the reference year. [...] Yet we are able to use a variety of data from different sources to help identify strong indicators to measure the extent of the challenge and to gain a better understanding of how many individuals are at risk of homelessness and how homelessness is experienced in the community.