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Ontario eyes measures to stop landlords hiking rents to dodge future rent control
By Rob Ferguson
Queen's Park Bureau
Tues., April 4, 2017
It is “really unacceptable” for landlords to dramatically raise rents on their tenants — in some cases doubling them — to avoid possible rent control in future, says Premier Kathleen Wynne.
“It is an extremely urgent matter. We are on it,” she told reporters Tuesday in response to a Toronto Star article about a west-end condo landlord raising a tenant’s rent to $3,300 from $1,650 effective July 1.
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Housing Minister Chris Ballard has already signalled the government is considering an extension to controls that limit rent increases on buildings constructed since 1991.
New Democrat MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto-Danforth) has proposed a private member’s bill to make all buildings subject to rent control.
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“It is an extremely urgent matter. We are on it,” she told reporters Tuesday in response to a Toronto Star article about a west-end condo landlord raising a tenant’s rent to $3,300 from $1,650 effective July 1.
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Housing Minister Chris Ballard has already signalled the government is considering an extension to controls that limit rent increases on buildings constructed since 1991.
New Democrat MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto-Danforth) has proposed a private member’s bill to make all buildings subject to rent control.
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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/04/04/ontario-eyes-measures-to-stop-landlords-hiking-rents-to-dodge-future-rent-control.html
Tenants at two west-end condos see rent double
By Peter Goffin
Staff Reporter
May Warren Metro
Mon., April 3, 2017
Tenants of at least two west-end condo buildings will see their rents double this year, in a move that critics say proves change is needed in Ontario’s rent control laws.
Kim Zasadny, 25, has lived with a roommate at 170 Sudbury St. for about a year and a half.
Over the weekend, she received a letter from KSV Advisory, a company that restructures insolvent businesses, informing her that rent would increase from $1,650 to $3,300, starting July 1.
“It basically says I have two options, either to pay $3,300 a month for a one and a half bedroom that I live in ... or I have to move out July 1,” said Zasadny.
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Kim Zasadny, 25, has lived with a roommate at 170 Sudbury St. for about a year and a half.
Over the weekend, she received a letter from KSV Advisory, a company that restructures insolvent businesses, informing her that rent would increase from $1,650 to $3,300, starting July 1.
“It basically says I have two options, either to pay $3,300 a month for a one and a half bedroom that I live in ... or I have to move out July 1,” said Zasadny.
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https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/03/tenants-at-two-west-end-condos-see-rent-double.html
If my rent were ever to double, I'd be homeless. End of story.
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