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A New Brunswick tenant says he’s being pushed out of his rented bungalow as retribution for complaining about his landlord, but his landlord says she’s the victim of an unfair tenancy tribunal ruling that is preventing her from using the unit to house family. Jonathan King and his landlord, Ashmin …
Read More »The housing crisis lives rent free in the heads of these voters in Ontario
Iuri Rezende Souza said he can carry two apartments in his hometown in Brazil, but in Kitchener, Ont., where he now lives, he can’t even afford a down payment. “What I can afford is basically vacant lands,” the Kitchener Centre voter told CBC News. Souza said his best path to home ownership …
Read More »Île-Bizard residents shocked by hefty fines for trying to rent out homes during Presidents Cup
Patricia McIntyre was getting ready to ring in the new year with family and friends at her home in Île-Bizard when there was a knock at the door. To her surprise, she was greeted by a bailiff who handed her a pair of envelopes. Inside there was a stack of papers …
Read More »Nova Scotia proposes two-year extension to five per cent rent cap until end of 2027 – Halifax
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 6, 2024 11:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Nova Scotia government is proposing to extend its five per cent cap on rent increases another two years. Service Nova Scotia Minister Colton LeBlanc says legislation …
Read More »Tenant doesn’t pay $41,000 in rent for Toronto condo but owner can’t evict her yet
Narinder Singh of Brampton, Ont., says he and his wife bought their condo apartment in Etobicoke as an investment for retirement. “We worked for decades to save, penny by penny, for our old age,” said Singh, who runs a drycleaning business inside a Brampton supermarket. But since 2020, Singh says …
Read More »Ontario government sets 2025 rental cap for most units
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rent for some homes in Ontario will be capped below the rate of inflation next year, the provincial government announced Friday. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released its annual rent increase cap ahead of the long weekend, keeping landlords of …
Read More »N.B. man questions rent subsidy rules after welcoming homeless family from Ontario
Joshua Daigle didn’t hesitate when his pastor called asking if he could welcome a homeless father and son into his home. “I just took them in because I had the space. It wasn’t a question of money for me,” he said in an interview. “There is a father and a …
Read More »‘It is not right’: Some Toronto tenants go on rent strike to protest increases – Toronto
Beverley Henry paid $900 a month in rent when she first moved into her one-bedroom Toronto apartment nearly a decade ago but that amount has since climbed to more than $1,300. Henry, a senior living on a pension, says she won’t be able to handle any more rent hikes in …
Read More »As Manitoba’s rent increase guideline goes up, tenants and advocates call for action – Winnipeg
Les Scott is looking at a nine-per cent increase to his rent next month. A tenant of 300 Furby St. and a longtime resident of the West Broadway neighbourhood, Scott is seeing the area, a historically affordable neighbourhood with multi-unit buildings, increase in price. Last week the Manitoba government advised …
Read More »Rental market report suggests increasing costs hitting Manitobans hard – Winnipeg
On average, Canadians are seeing an upward trend with respect to rent prices, and it’s a trend that playing out in a big way in Manitoba. Nationally, the average cost of rent was at its highest point last month when compared to the last three years – sitting at $2,042. …
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