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Cockroaches, mould, heat: Peel tenants decry rental conditions in survey1 in 3 Peel tenants report cockroaches and pests, as ACORN’s 2025 survey reveals rising rents, poor repairs, and urgent calls for landlord licensing.ConsumerAug 14, 2025
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‘It’s horrible’: Apartment without heat for days during Calgary cold snap, tenant saysMichelle Bradley, who lives in an apartment building owned by Mainstreet in northwest Calgary, says she first complained about not having enough heat in her home on Jan. 20.WeatherFeb 5, 2025
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‘An epidemic in our city’: Licence requirement suggested to curb renovictions in LondonLondon city staff are hoping a $400 licence for renovations requiring tenant eviction helps curb bad-faith actors, or what's known as 'renoviction.'CanadaJun 10, 2024
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Halifax protesters demand ban on fixed-term leases: ‘People are terrified’Protestors picketed outside the office of Brendan Maguire, Nova Scotia's Minister of Community Services, on Friday — calling for changes to the Residential Tenancies Act.EconomyMay 4, 2024
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New Brunswick sees lowest vacancy rate in over 30 yearsA Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation rental market survey shows New Brunswick's 2023 vacancy rate was the lowest it's been in over 30 years.CanadaFeb 5, 2024
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B.C. residents rally over landlord’s appeal to make them pay for $1M elevator costsResidents at an apartment building in New Westminster are outraged that their landlord and management companies are trying to get them to foot a $1 million bill for repairs.CanadaNov 3, 2023
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Housing advocates rally over what they call ‘fraudulent landlord-use eviction’ claims in New WestminsterMembers of ACORN allege long-term tenants evictions were made in “bad faith” at properties owned by Sangha and Harron Investments.CanadaJul 29, 2023
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Rally to ‘keep Dartmouth affordable’ raises concerns about proposed housing developmentProtestors rallied outside the Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth on Saturday to demand that a proposed 2,200-unit development in the area comes with affordable housing for residents.CanadaJun 24, 2023
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Hamilton councillors support maximum heat bylaw to better protect vulnerableCity councillors voted unanimously to seek out an adequate temperature bylaw in efforts to require landlords to provide suitable cooling for low-income residents.CanadaMay 15, 2023
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New Brunswick to start drafting provincial housing strategyAfter hosting a housing summit on Tuesday, the New Brunswick government will now start preparing a strategy to address the housing crisis.CanadaMay 2, 2023
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