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By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted March 7, 2024 6:23 pm Updated March 7, 2024 6:25 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three people are in unstable condition after a fire at an apartment building in the 100 block of Young Street in Winnipeg. …
Read More »Police watchdog clears Hamilton officer that shot dead landlord who killed tenants
The province’s police watchdog has cleared an officer who shot dead a landlord who killed two tenants during a dispute at an east Hamilton, Ont. residence last May. Director Joseph Martino with the Special Investigations Unit cited section 34 of the criminal code in his decision saying there was “reasonable …
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 »Negotiations between landlord, tenants seeking to buy Hamilton apartment at impasse – Hamilton
Negotiations between tenants who formed a co-op to buy their Hamilton, Ont., apartment and the landlord have hit an impasse amid allegations that some $500,000 worth of repairs will soon be needed. Residents at 272 Caroline St. S., who banded together to buy the 21-unit building to protect themselves from …
Read More »Ontario tenants say central air remains unfixed despite extreme heat
Some tenants of an apartment building in Kingston, Ont., say they have been suffering through the recent heat wave with no air conditioning, with little communication from their property management company on when the central air will be fixed. Rob Katzel says the air at his Princess Street apartment building, …
Read More »‘A drop in the bucket’: New support for tenants forced from B.C. tower, but is it enough? – BC
Residents of a Vancouver Island apartment complex that’s been declared unsafe to live in for the second time in four years got a small piece of good news Thursday — but some say newly-offered supports won’t go far to helping them out of a crisis. Tenants of RidgeView Place in …
Read More »Man sleeping in his car says tenants owe more than $31K, won’t leave his rental property
Just last year, Marco had two houses to his name, but for months has been sleeping in his car — all because his tenants, whom he’s been unable to evict, haven’t paid their rent. Marco, 33, lost his marital home in a separation agreement in January. He still owns an income …
Read More »‘We are tired’ of garbage and rodents, Mississauga tenants say. Now management’s raising rents
Tenants in a Mississauga apartment complex say new management is neglecting routine repairs and, adding insult to injury, jacking up their rents to boot. The residents at 425 Rathburn Rd. E. say since the beginning of 2020 when a new property manager and superintendent took over, routine repairs have been left …
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 …
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