Toronto's top housing official is calling for an end to a loophole that allows landlords to hike rents between tenants as part of a new 'renoviction' policy that will be considered by city council today.
Toronto's top housing official is calling for an end to a loophole that allows landlords to hike rents between tenants as part of a new "renoviction" policy that will be considered by city council today.
A report, penned by the city’s top housing official, notes the growing trend of “renovictions” in Toronto and explains the practice as a landlord illegally evicting a tenant by alleging they need vacant possession of a residential unit to undertake renovations or repairs.The result of these “renovictions” is a diminishing supply of affordable housing, writes Abigail Bond, housing secretariat executive director.
While the policy and potential future by-law can’t actually stop “renovictions,” since that would be under the jurisdiction of the province, they would “leverage the city's authorities” to deter the practice. “People in Ontario are smack in the middle of a housing crisis, and Doug Ford’s insistence on allowing landlords to hike the rent unchecked between tenants is a major contributor to driving up market rental prices,” she said in a statement on Tuesday.
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