Dhillon with his family as they load groceries into their car in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. — Alana Paterson/The New York Times
JANET Robertson had few choices after being evicted from her apartment of two decades in Vancouver, Canada’s most expensive city.
Even listings in nearby suburbs were out of reach after years of paying C$900 monthly for her studio apartment. She kept going until she could find something she could afford and ended up renting in a town about 90km east of Vancouver.
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