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Common Tenant Problems => Pests => Topic started by: josephs on September 06, 2021, 02:19:56 pm

Title: How can I check the building before moving in?
Post by: josephs on September 06, 2021, 02:19:56 pm

Does the government provide a public list of buildings that have cockroaches or bedbugs?

Title: Re: How can I check the building before moving in?
Post by: William on September 08, 2021, 10:40:06 am

There are useful websites that track bedbug outbreaks (although I don't think these are "official" in that they are not health-department nor city of Toronto organisations), for example:

   https://bedbugregistry.com/metro/toronto/
   https://www.bedbugdatabase.com/canada/toronto/

RentSafeTO requires landlord to deal with pests promptly, to post a "Pest Management Plan" in a common area of the building, and also mandates that landlords cannot rent a unit to a new tenant if they know that the unit has pests.  But to be honest, these "official" mandates are all pretty weak.