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After a months-long fight with his landlord, Shannon Lucas accepted a $40,000 payout to move out of a North Bay, Ont., townhouse, but says he would give it all back if he could stay. The landlord says the building needed extensive renovations and that Lucas could have moved back in …
Read More »After fighting for repairs for almost 10 years, this Halifax tenant says the system is broken
Karen Crane’s top-floor apartment is neatly furnished with a breathtaking view — but her living room looks like a construction site. Crane’s couches are covered with drop cloths and the floorboards have been pulled up throughout the living room, revealing the concrete slab. Under her patio door, a swath of drywall has been …
Read More »Toronto tenant fears homelessness amid alleged ‘bad faith’ eviction
A Toronto man who has lived in the same High Park apartment for decades says he now fears for his livelihood after being denied permission to appeal his eviction to Ontario’s top court. Andras Henye, who is disabled, partially blind and dealing with declining health, has lived in the same …
Read More »Montreal landlord struggles to evict tenant he claims brought chaos to neighbourhood – Montreal
A Montreal engineer and part-time professor is voicing his frustration at Quebec’s slow housing tribunal after he alleges a new tenant in an apartment he owns sparked chaos on the streets and rattled the neighbours. Francois Tardy rents out an apartment on a Hochelaga Maisonneuve street, which he said rented …
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 »Hamilton to strengthen tenant protections by adopting bylaw preventing ‘demovictions’ – Hamilton
The Ontario city that introduced a first-of-its-kind renoviction bylaw in the province is about to expand the protection and prevent landlords from evicting tenants so they can demolish apartments and turn the properties into condominiums. Hamilton, Ont., is a step away from implementing a Rental Housing Protection By-law that will …
Read More »‘We need to occupy the house’: Ontario landlord says tenant won’t leave
A Brampton, Ont. woman and her husband say they’re out more than $22,000 in unpaid rent and can’t occupy their only home because a tenant has refused to leave since he was asked to move. “We need to occupy the house,” said Yvonne Folkes, describing months of frustration attempting to …
Read More »‘Excruciating delays’ at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board: Ombudsman report
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 4, 2023 11:08 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario’s ombudsman says a backlog of cases at the Landlord and Tenant Board has grown to 38,000 and it is taking an average of seven or eight months — …
Read More »This Halifax woman makes about $50,000 a year – but still can’t find a home
Rae-Leigh MacInnes is tired of not having a place to call home. The 44-year-old is a registered massage therapist and earns about $50,000 a year, but has been homeless for months as she has been unable to secure permanent housing. “I keep trying, every day,” MacInnes told Global News. Read …
Read More »Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board has collapsed, expert says
A backlog of cases at the province’s Landlord and Tenant Board is creating hardship for tens of thousands of Ontarians who are having to wait more than half a year to settle a dispute. During the pandemic, the province paused evictions and hearings for months at a time, causing stoppages in the board’s work …
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