Toronto Renters Forum
Common Tenant Problems => Renovictions => Topic started by: Andy on April 23, 2023, 08:46:10 pm
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... thought that this news article (from CP24) might interest people here:
Torontonians facing 'demoviction' are organizing to fight for their right to housing (https://www.cp24.com/news/torontonians-facing-demoviction-are-organizing-to-fight-for-their-right-to-housing-1.6366103)
Earlier this month, Toronto and East York Community Council unanimously approved a rental housing demolition application for 25 St. Mary St., which is just south of Bloor Street East between Bay and Yonge streets. The property’s owner, Tenblock, wants to construct two new towers that are 54 and 59 storeys in place of the current v-shaped structure on that site. City council is set to consider the matter at its May 10 meeting.
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I just read more and noticed the following - Doug Ford is going to screw us renters again!
Under City of Toronto Act, renters who are displaced by a building’s demolition are entitled to return to their unit and pay similar rent once the building is redeveloped. They’re also entitled to be compensated for their moving expenses as well as the gap in rent for a comparable temporary unit, and notice before vacating.
Those rights could, however, be compromised by newly introduced provincial legislation, which if passed, would weaken municipal rental replacement bylaws and give the province greater authority.
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This was mentioned in a Toronto Star column on Sunday evening -
www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2023/04/23/please-help-toronto-councillors-moved-by-tenant-stories-but-theyll-be-demovicted-anyway.html (https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2023/04/23/please-help-toronto-councillors-moved-by-tenant-stories-but-theyll-be-demovicted-anyway.html)
Anyone here sit on a local “community council”? Just curious... like the OMB and the subsequent land tribunal (https://olt.gov.on.ca/ (https://olt.gov.on.ca/)) that one seems to be shrouded in mystery. I have personally only seen the council mentioned quickly in a flashing slide presentation by city planners. One of them (a city planner) flashed this here ultra-low resolution slide for a grand total of seven seconds! That's a lot to take in, in a short span; if you want to "go back" and review the presentation, it is stored on server in northern California so a computer and computer literacy is a prerequisite and you have to have internet access. I am not making this up! :(
(See 25 problems dot com, slash images/tall-building-guidelines.jpg)
Looking up the community council on the city's very poor web pages at "Toronto dot C A" I was surprised to get a hit: www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/neighbourhoods-communities/community-council-area-profiles/] (https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/neighbourhoods-communities/community-council-area-profiles). Except... (wait for it!) although the retrieved page does mention membership — see the first red arrow in this screen shot — there is actually nothing there and the linked page goes on about other, more general stuff. The only thing you get is a cryptic e-mail address! Do these people have names??
(25 problems dot com, slash images/community-council-no-membership-info.jpg)