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As rent prices spiked over the past two months, affordable pockets of rental housing became harder and harder to find. In July, the average monthly cost for rental properties across Canada was $1,934 — up 10.4 per cent over last year, according to the data of the property listing company Rentals.ca. …
Read More »Halifax rooming house to raise rent 30%, but only for tenants on income assistance
After living in a Halifax rooming house for close to 14 years, Barry Smith came home from work one evening in June to find a troubling letter taped to his door. The note from his new landlords said the monthly rent per room in the 29-unit house at 6273 North St. will …
Read More »Ontario should limit rent hikes between tenants, Toronto city hall committee says
Toronto city council is expected to consider a proposal this week to ask the Ontario government to prevent landlords from raising the rent as much as they want in between tenants. Council’s planning and housing committee says the province should introduce legislation that would end what is known as vacancy decontrol, which permits landlords to …
Read More »Landlords struggle to evict tenants who turned Toronto homes into rooming houses, owe rent
Marissa Andersson and Oksana Kravchuk both own properties on the same Toronto street but didn’t know one another until they say they discovered a troubling connection. Their tenants, who told the landlords they were in a relationship, built extra bedrooms in their homes without their knowledge, leased them out to …
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