Renoviction
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Bylaw targeting Toronto renovictions to be implemented summer 2025The plan will be debated at the Planning and Housing Committee next week and at Toronto City Council later in November.PoliticsOct 24
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Ontario city approves new ‘renoviction’ bylaw some critics call ‘weak’Despite pushback from some councillors over its effectiveness, London passed a ‘renoviction’ bylaw to deter bad landlords from using renovations to force lower-paying tenants out.CanadaSep 26
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Guelph residents going through ‘renovictions’ take their grievances to city councilCouncil is considering whether to pass a bylaw to protect tenants from being evicted from their homes due to work being done on the building.CanadaSep 19
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Hamilton to strengthen tenant protections by adopting bylaw preventing ‘demovictions’City councilors are set to expand on previously approved renoviction rules by adding legislation that addresses tenant evictions through apartment demolitions.CanadaJun 19
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Halifax tenants told to vacate by Sept 1. Landlord says he’s playing by the rulesThe landlord of a Halifax rooming house sent a notice to tenants of the 29-unit building saying they would have to vacate by Sept. 1.CanadaMay 30
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Tenants facing displacement from B.C. apartment say ‘renoviction’ protections not workingResidents of the 30 units in the Sturdee apartments in Esquimalt have been ordered to move out by September so the building's new owner can do renovations and repairs.PoliticsApr 30
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Halifax landlord must pay up for ‘renovicting’ tenant during former provincewide banA Halifax landlord has to pay more than $13,000 to a former tenant after a Nova Scotia judge found they 'renovicted' her while a provincewide ban was still in place.CanadaApr 12
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Housing will be key in budget 2024. For NDP, that means renoviction reformRenoviction is the practice where tenants are served eviction notices and property owners renovate the building, often reposting the units at a higher price.CanadaMar 12
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Renovictions: Can new bylaws help protect Canada’s renters?Hamilton, Ont. recently passed a bylaw that would require landlords to obtain a licence in order to proceed with repairs that require the ending of a tenancy to do so.CanadaJan 21
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Hamilton renoviction bylaw sent back to city staff for further revisions, cost analysisA proposed renovation and licensing bylaw has again been sent back to staff for further study, as Hamilton councillors try put a clampdown on renovictions.CanadaOct 19, 2023
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