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Ontario landlord says he's drained his savings after tenants stopped paying rent last year An Ontario landlord who says he's exhausted his savings and credit after his tenants allegedly stopped paying rent six months ago is frustrated he has no power to evict them.

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'Train wreck': Landlords, tenants frustrated by tribunal delays 'My eyes are now wide open to the failed system and what it takes to gain control back of your property as well as the financial hardship and emotional stress,' says former landlord

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Tenant, landlord disputes seeing ‘significant’ backlog at Ontario tribunal | Globalnews.ca The number of applications resolved by the LTB in 2020-2021 dropped to a three-year low; there were 34,731 active cases, compared to 22,803 in the 2019-2020 year.

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This landlord bought a Toronto-area farm 2 years ago. But the tenant has barred him from the property A Brampton man who bought a 40-hectare farm in Caledon, Ont., two years ago says he's still waiting to move in because a tenant is refusing to leave — and he says the body that's supposed to rule on landlord-tenant disputes has been too slow to act.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/landlord-tenant-dispute-mississauga-1.6388097?fbclid=IwAR2CiZHJM8yBmmkPSRJGS5dTcm9A2eB5PnXbRhXhCcyCTHmPQ31vWFJN3M0

Ontario couple says house sale at risk due to tenants who refuse to leave, Landlord and Tenant Board delays | CBC News An Oakville couple say they are caught in a nightmare scenario because the people living in the downstairs apartment of their Mississauga investment home refuse to leave more than six months after they sold it — and there's little they can do.

https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/broken-system-sees-newmarket-renters-waiting-year-or-longer-for-complaint-hearings-4763753?fbclid=IwAR2BQ1HbWITSK3Bm51o-TGAO_zEJ3QLq430hPsAlXaK8TVtp4lFq8ErLezQ

'Broken' system sees Newmarket renters waiting year or longer for complaint hearings Due to delays for Landlord and Tenant Board hearings, renters often have no choice but to remain in a unit and in contact with the landlord they are complaining about

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/a-years-free-rent-awarded-to-port-coquitlam-tenant-after-landlord-chose-not-to-move-into-apartment-5075303?fbclid=IwAR0t-F9amcn6zDqPwEKmeNWCd6ZkuJ48iGdXUV-rPsWoS0wnf2ORlveVC0U

A year's free rent awarded to Port Coquitlam tenant after landlord chose not to move into apartment Tenant owed more than $22,000 after the purchaser of the apartment she was living in changed their mind about moving in and rented it out to someone else.

A case on multiplicity of proceedings and abuse of process (Crook v. Adler, 2021) An interesting ruling published on CanLII yesterday in the context of an N12, a settlement agreement, subsequent claim of bad faith / T5 (...

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Apartment building owner hopes to set precedent with vaccine requirement CALGARY - An Alberta-based rental housing provider says it hopes to set a precedent with its decision to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination from ne...

https://storeys.com/toronto-new-affordable-housing-units-national-housing-day/?fbclid=IwAR3Gmca__eEMj2DJXMuYUXY2NKFzzkJub3qILTsTomi8wwkuqB6odPP38Uc

Toronto is Getting 300 to 400 New Affordable Housing Units Today is National Housing Day, and to mark the occasion came an announcement that Toronto is getting 300 to 400 new affordable housing units.

https://www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-the-editor/letter-to-the-editor-doug-ford-the-landlord-tenant-board-needs-change-4757912?utm_source=SND&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=AutoPilot&fbclid=IwAR0ACysW_Cp_bCahL3ZFYzO0B3PYaEKjHoc0o7SZCh5QYjbSHFmvyzTA15w

Letter to the editor: Doug Ford, the Landlord Tenant board needs change 'The owner's ex-husband had been renting a room from her but because she lived in Alberta he decided it was okay to take over the entire house instead of just one room'

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-rental-demand-resurgence-1.6247630?fbclid=IwAR193vbWyHd4Snk_83-Wc0h4ZHBSgQvDq1jCegpagGyO55_8VFp9d3TZp-c

Toronto landlords are getting picky. This woman got asked to prove she has at least $7K in her account | CBC News On paper, Kendra Chaplin is an ideal tenant: a registered massage therapist with a good credit score and strong rental history. But when she recently started looking for a new place, she hit a wall.

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Unhappy camper: High rents force evicted man to live in trailer Steve Bondy has a new home, but it’s definitely not his preferred option.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6240619?fbclid=IwAR1qS95IJoATk7ypiivCAxvWslYSf1hvXoxwmi3OhBqRQTYCfYlNRxIFo5w

Single mum of 4 says she is facing discrimination searching for a rental home in London, Ont | CBC News Sky Everton, an Indigenous single mother of four, believes she’s faced discrimation due to her marital status when searching for a new rental home in London, Ont.

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St Catharines sees third-highest rent hikes in all of Canada over the past year St Catharines saw the third-highest annual rental hikes among the Top-10 most expensive markets in all of Canada this year. According to zumper.com, the annual rental rates for a two-bedroom unit in St Catharines jumped 9.3 per cent. Only Kelowna, BC and Barrie saw higher jumps of 24.6 and 10.8 resp...

Ontario proposes housing affordability task force amid high prices and sales Ontario is planning to establish a housing affordability task force, as both prices and the number of home sales have grown in the past year, though it's a pledge the opposition parties dismiss as meaningless.

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As Ontario’s rent freeze ends, this GTA tenant says she’s facing a 21 per cent increase While the provincially mandated limit on rent increases is 1.2 per cent next year, homes first occupied after Nov. 15, 2018 — such as Sarah Forrest’s ...

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Ontario rent freeze expires on Jan. 1 Landlords of rent-controlled units can raise rent 1.2 per cent provided tenants who have occupied their units for 12 months or more are given 90 days’...

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/local-st-catharines/news/2021/10/14/st-catharines-in-the-top-10-of-most-expensive-rental-cities-in-canada.html?fbclid=IwAR1pahRq5gdm6JooqjdZLOCjwd7wfxti5U2sxYu5KwiLMGtGiBWMo8SkHhQ

St. Catharines in the top 10 of most expensive rental cities in Canada A new report by Zumper said St. Catharines is the 8th most expensive city in Canada to rent in.

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Landlords wait on tens of thousands in unpaid rent due to 'exhausting' Ontario board delays | CBC News Ontario landlords out tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid rent say they feel stuck because of the Landlord and Tenant Board's major backlog, but there are hopes provincial changes planned to start Monday will smooth out the dispute process.

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City of Toronto, housing activists demand eviction data from Ontario Landlord Tenant Board | CBC News When it comes to evictions, there’s a lot that the City of Toronto and the housing advocates working alongside it don’t know.

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Renting in Ontario: Your rights Read about the laws that affect tenants and landlords in Ontario.

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Tenants live rent-free in landlord's head — and house A North Bay landlord has taken legal action against tenants to recoup $30,000 in unpaid rent and utilities dating back to July 2020

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GTA tenant who turned a dozen luxury homes into rooming houses faces more charges | CBC News A Markham, Ont. man who previously rented a dozen luxury homes and turned them into illegal rooming houses is now facing more fraud-related charges connected to new property rentals.

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Opinion | There’s no simple solution: What Saturday’s housing protest reveals about our current crisis There needs to be a widespread societal shift in expectations and ideologies related to housing in the region, writes Don Zehr

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Nearly 30% of Toronto non-homeowners have accepted that they'll be renting for life At what point does one give up on the dream of ever owning a home in the city of their choosing? This one, right now, for a sizeable portion of peo...

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Two weeks later, guests still refuse to leave an Airbnb unit after their reservation ended - CHCH It's been over two weeks, but two people refusing to leave an AirBNB unit after their reservation ended still haven't budged.

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You Wanna Know About Past Bad Tenants with an LTB Order (Judgement)? At long last you can now search past LTB cases for the full names of all parties in a case. However, there’s a catch. Background This “open court” principle has long been possible established with …

https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/07/12/two-years-ago-this-toronto-tenant-won-a-50000-claim-against-her-landlord-for-a-bedbug-and-raccoon-infestation-shes-still-waiting-for-him-to-pay-up.html?fbclid=IwAR3W4mdV6K5r2vtEpq4mPqil-sTJQy9hLOTiDtjWzxvwTK_Vv_vw6QeEbRs

Two years ago this tenant won a $50,000 claim against her landlord for a bedbug and raccoon infestation — she’s still waiting for him to pay up As Maiesha Abdelmoula discovered when she tried to collect after a default judgment, Ontario’s legal system makes it hard for claimants to get the mon...

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Premier Ford reiterates that people will not be evicted if they cannot pay rent next week | COVID-19 Premier Ford reiterates that people will not be evicted if they cannot pay their rent next week. But he says if you have a job then you should pay your rent....

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A Landlord Says Her Tenants Are Terrorizing Her. She Can’t Evict Them. A landlord in Queens says her tenants curse and spit at her and owe more than $23,000 in rent. But an eviction moratorium keeps them from being kicked out.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/04/10/serial-trouble-tenant-nina-willis-gets-jail-time-for-fraud-and-false-pretenses.html?fbclid=IwAR2LzOXPEbPJy6HqeMu0ZcAUJv2Gw9QHVV6DfQVh00hhxVqTYEvBzGs19Yo

Serial trouble tenant Nina Willis gets jail time for fraud and false pretenses Tenant with a long history of not paying rent is sentenced to six months for defrauding her last two landlords.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8016081/realtors-housing-market-lease-competition-border-reopen/

‘Get in now’: realtors urge renters to lock in lease before Canada’s border reopens - National | Globalnews.ca As many businesses welcome back customers and companies begin planning for a return to offices, prices are starting to creep back up.

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/writing-fair-rental-housing-ad-fact-sheet?fbclid=IwAR0g4GJkNNchHCwM7UORUnki-wQTaN1D2cOs5qR1ih30sAvG0f68f5Ky6GU

Writing a fair rental housing ad (fact sheet) | Ontario Human Rights Commission Page controls+ show tagsTags Social Areas: accommodation (housing) Resource Type: fact sheet Page contentLandlords and tenants want to comply with housing-related laws, but they don’t always know all the rules. Both landlord and tenant groups want to increase awareness about human rights in ho.....

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SOLO Landlord story # 4: I have never felt so much injustice in my life. This is Canada? Our story starts in November 2019 when we made the grave mistake of allowing our current nonpaying Tenant to move into our basement apartment. The signs started out slowly and now has become our wo…

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-if-being-a-landlord-is-part-of-your-retirement-plan-read-this-first/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sixtyfivea5&fbclid=IwAR2arNojycmhzEGODjTT2jMpGYeoHjpXGSGBp5DFJ3P_cG-6fowpRgHkDp0

If being a landlord is part of your retirement plan, read this first Rental properties can bring drama and demands, which can be bothersome the older you get

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/resumption-of-evictions-during-covid-19-risks-worsening-of-homelessness-affordable-housing-crisis

Resumption of evictions during COVID-19 risks worsening of homelessness, affordable housing crisis “For me, one of the frustrating things is that we don’t have the resources we need just to help people pay their rent."