Belleville Senators looking for housing

The Belleville Senators are reaching out to the community for help finding rental housing this season. Photo courtesy from the Belleville Senators

By Maria Toews

BELLEVILLE – Rental housing is often hard to find for the average person and has even become difficult for hockey players of the Belleville Senators.  

According to Zumper, a company that connects renters and landlords and does studies on rental housing in both Canada and the US, the average cost of a one bedroom rental unit in Belleville costs $1,250 per month. This is an increase of 5% from last year. 

Graph of rental costs in Belleville for a one bedroom unit. Graph via https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/belleville-on

In the most recent Executive Summary Rental Market in Belleville it is reported that the recent increase in prices over the years is due to a drop in the number of vacant rental units available.

As of Aug. 2020, the vacancy rate of Belleville was at 2.6% according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

With rental spaces hard to find in Belleville, the team has sent out a request to the community asking for rental accommodations for their players. 

The AHL 2021-22 season has already begun and players are in need of living spaces at least until the end of the regular AHL season which ends mid-April.