July 15, 2020 Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1 Doug Downey Jamie West, MPP Minister Steve Clark Attorney General 555 Barrydowne Rd. Suite 4 Municipal Affairs & Housing [email protected] Sudbury P3A 3T4 RE: Why is Mr. Ford neglecting residential landlords? Dear Gentlemen: The Greater Sudbury […]
Upcoming changes to the provincial housing act may make it easier for landlords to recover back rent or costs for damages from tenants, but critics say the bill isn’t doing much to make sure small rental operations have enough cash to make it through the pandemic. Bill 184, also known as the Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community […]
Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has announced an end date for suspension of residential evictions. An amendment was made to the order suspending residential evictions, stating that evictions will be “suspended until the end of the calendar month in which the state of emergency declared … is terminated.” Thus far, no new eviction orders were to be […]
Hundreds of people gathered at the Ontario legislature on Monday to protest a new bill they say would make it easier for landlords to evict tenants when COVID-19 restrictions ease. Protesters held placards, listened to speakers and chanted slogans at Queen’s Park before they marched north and west to the condo of Toronto Mayor John Tory near Bloor […]
Thursday, July 2, 2020 After announcing in early January that he planned to investigate the sluggish pace of proceedings at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé received nearly 500 additional complaints before the end of March. His newly released 2019-2020 annual report flags the LTB as one of the most common sources of […]
Ontario tenants’ rights advocates are voicing concerns over a new bill they say will make it easier for landlords to obtain evictions once the COVID-19 crisis eases; TORONTO — Ontario tenants’ rights advocates are voicing concerns over a new bill they say will make it easier for landlords to obtain evictions once the COVID-19 crisis eases. Several advocacy […]
The reopening of Ontario’s courts next Monday is being challenged by prosecutors and courthouse staff, who filed a court notice saying they intend to seek a judge’s order to put a stop to it. They say the province’s plan lacks basic safety measures and would expose them and their families to […]
Small-Ownership Residential Landlords in Ontario (SOLO) Need Solutions from the Premier TORONTO, June 24, 2020 /CNW/ – A group of small-ownership residential landlords in Ontario (SOLO)— one of several independent landlord groups from across the province are planning an afternoon of protest at Queen’s Park Friday June 26, at 1 p.m. “The majority of SOLO members own fewer than 10 properties, many just one or two, […]
Provincial restrictions due to COVID-19 are slowly starting to loosen and more Ontarians are returning to work as the list of businesses that are allowed to re-open continues to grow. The business of property rental was never ordered to close, but landlords have been feeling the adverse effects of the pandemic as some […]