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Decades of austerity driven policy are forcing renters to continuously try to make do with less. Enough is enough.
Delays and an ongoing backlog of cases continue at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB).…
This past November, Ontario’s provincial government announced the creation of a Housing Affordability Task Force.…
After the City of Mississauga passed their 2022 budget on December 8th, the City officially…
The City of Toronto will be considering a new inclusionary zoning by-law on October 28th,…
What is vacancy decontrol? For sitting tenants, Ontario’s rent control system permits annual rent increases…
Canada is in the midst of a deepening affordable housing crisis. Forty percent of Canadian…
The affordable housing crisis in Ontario and across Canada has gone from bad to worse.…
Tribunals must operate independently from political or other influence, and be treated differently from advisory or operational boards or agencies. Appointments and reappointments of judicial decision makers need to be de-politicized.
After months of pressuring the province to introduce policies that will support tenants during the pandemic crisis, the proposed Bill 204 is a minor step forward. But, this Bill does not nearly go far enough in protecting tenants with the immediate issues they are facing and to keep them housed.