For Tianning Ning and her family, Airbnb was supposed to be a way to live in Toronto after facing the brutal reality of the city’s rental market.
The family — originally from Switzerland — was looking for a place to live for 10 months to accommodate Ning’s husband’s sabbatical at York University.
The problem? They could not break into the market due to a lack of Canadian credit history.
Across Canada, renters desperate to find a place to live are presented with a slim inventory of options mostly out of their price range.
At the same time, there are thousands of houses, apartments, cottages
