{
  "id": 16590637,
  "title": "Montreal wants rent control, mandatory registry. What would that look like?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/montreal-wants-rent-control-mandatory-registry-what-would-that-look",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-motion-rent-control-mandatory-rent-registry-9.7390733"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The city of Montreal passed a motion asking the Quebec government to create a mandatory rent registry and to cap rent increases to inflation over a three-year average. Housing advocates are praising the move, but not everyone is on board.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}