Shane Prpich has been a renter his whole adult life and says it has never been less affordable. That's driving him to the polls this federal election.

The 48-year-old Saskatoon native has been renting in the city since 2005, after a stint renting in Calgary.

Prpich said he used to be a world traveller — a benefit of renting — but those days are long gone.

"I had a comfortable living, rent was affordable, my wages were decent, I had disposable income, I traveled, I went to university [and] I could …