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General Discussion / Tenants Win Fight against Illegal Fees from their Landlord!

« on: July 23, 2023, 11:49:14 am »

I saw this article about some tenants fighting back and winning against illegal fees that their landlord was trying to impose! Well done guys!!

Here's a link: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-tenants-successfully-fight-illegal-charges-landlord-attempted-to-impose-1.6488067

Medallion / Medallion Tenants Protest Living Conditions

« on: April 21, 2023, 01:17:48 pm »

I saw this today on cityTV News:

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/04/20/toronto-medallion-corporation-apartments-tenants-protest/amp/

In Solidarity!!

General Discussion / Scammers out in droves as rental market heats up

« on: August 13, 2022, 08:34:22 pm »

Rental scams are up! Here's an article about it at Bloomberg:
'Numbers game': Scammers out in droves as rental market heats up

General Discussion / Ford votes down Rent Stabilization Act and with it housing affordability

« on: December 09, 2021, 06:20:02 pm »

The Rent Stabilization Act was proposed and put forward by several NDP members in the Ontario Legislature. But Ford's conservative tenant-haters voted it down.

Here's a link to the vote itself:

https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-42/session-2/2021-11-29/hansard#para507

and here a statement from MPP Jessica Bell (excerpt from the announcement on her mailing list):

Ford votes against housing affordability and my Rent Stabilization Act

Sixty percent of people living in University–Rosedale are renters and housing affordability is increasingly becoming their top concern.

Right now, 40 percent of renters pay unaffordable rents, and as a result are struggling to pay for food, child care, electricity, transportation or medication. With rental prices continuing to soar month after month and wages staying stagnant, we need to act now and stabilize the cost of renting our homes.

Building new homes will not make housing more affordable in the near-term for people who rent. For every one new affordable home that is built, 15 affordable homes are lost.

Last week, the NDP forced a vote on my Rent Stabilization Act, a bill that if passed would have made a significant step in making housing more affordable by ending the incentive for landlords to evict tenants and jack up the rent when a new tenant moves in. Doug Ford struck it down.

Thank you to everyone who joined our effort and helped raise awareness of our bill, whether through knocking on doors with me, calling neighbours or signing our petition to Premier Ford. We will not stop fighting.

You can read my speech on the Rent Stabilization Act here

General Discussion / RentSafeTO: Amendment to Apartment Buildings Bylaw takes Effect December 1, 2021

« on: December 09, 2021, 05:50:46 pm »

This announcement from the City of Toronto just arrived in my inbox, and it says to share it with other tenants, so I am...

In December 2020, Toronto City Council amended the Apartment Buildings Bylaw to make it mandatory for property owners and operators to inform all existing and prospective tenants of their RentSafeTO building evaluation score and details of the most recent evaluation conducted on the building. This email is a reminder that the amendment comes into effect on December 1, 2021. A notification has been sent to all property owners and operators and I am in the process of notifying tenant advocates and tenant association contacts.

How can the building evaluation results be shared?

The building evaluation results can be shared with tenants and prospective tenants in many different ways. Communications can be either a physical notice of the most recent evaluation score or through electronic means (such as by embedding the link to the new interactive RentSafeTO Building Evaluation Results – City of Toronto webpage into rental agreements or sharing the link with tenants via email). However, to ensure the information is accessible if a tenant does not have access to receive electronic communications, a physical form of notification must be used.

Please note, physical notices do not necessarily have to be provided to every tenant. Instead, a notice could be put in one or more common areas, such as elevators, lobby or laundry room, or on the Tenant Notification Board.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you know of any other Tenant Associations, please do not hesitate to forward this information, including my contact information, to them to ensure they are aware of the new requirement.

Thank you,

Anastasia Demakos-Edmondson
Stakeholder Engagement Lead RentSafeTO
City of Toronto | Municipal Licensing & Standards
(416) 397-7651 | anastasia.demakos@toronto.ca

Akelius / Old But Terrific Radio Interviews About Akelius

« on: October 18, 2021, 05:21:57 pm »

I was looking for something on the CBC website and I bumped into these radio interviews of tenants and staff of Akelius, mostly discussing gentrification and the pushing-out of current tenants to make way for new higher-rent-paying tenants, as well as general abuse suffered by renters at the hands of Akelius... They are definitely a little old now, but the issues are still current and ongoing.

June 27, 2014: “Toronto’s Parkdale residents fear ‘radical gentrification’ as European company buys up thousands of apartments”

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/toronto-s-parkdale-residents-fear-radical-gentrification-as-european-company-buys-up-thousands-of-apartments-1.2903419

July 2, 2014: “Your feedback: Toronto's Parkdale residents respond to purchase of thousands of apartments by European company Akelius”

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/your-feedback-toronto-s-parkdale-residents-respond-to-purchase-of-thousands-of-apartments-by-european-company-akelius-1.2903396

November 28, 2018: Two part interview with Akelius, discussing abuse of tenants and actions on the part of Akelius that seem to be intended to encourage tenants to move out.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2468693917

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2468717153

Maintenance / Landlord is Ignoring Me

« on: September 11, 2021, 12:47:49 pm »

I've got water damage on my bedroom ceiling, probably because of a leak in the roof.

I've complained to my landlord but he hasn't doing anything.

What can I do?

Akelius / Contact Information for Toronto-area Akelius Higherups?

« on: September 11, 2021, 12:43:46 pm »

Does anybody have any contact information for any of the managers or higher-ups, here in Toronto?