UBC sociology professor Nathanael Lauster spoke to Metro News about the struggles vulnerable people face as they search for housing in Metro Vancouver.
A 2011 study co-authored by Lauster discovered that single mothers were 14 per cent more likely to receive either a negative response or no response from landlords when they inquired about a listing compared with heterosexual couples.
“It is important that we get more rental housing stock out there for reasons like these, for groups who are already marginalized,” he said.
