Renoviction
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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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‘Do I start packing?’: Manitoba renters struggle to keep up, demand changeRent increases have pushed more than a few into survival mode. Advocates and tenants demand action, saying Manitoba could fix this crisis, which is leaving many without a home.EconomySep 26, 2023
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Landlord pressuring them to leave, live in poor conditions, Montreal tenants argueThe tenants say the landlord of the Grand Boulevard apartment complex is purposefully neglecting the building and avoiding repairs in order to get them to move out.CanadaAug 19, 2023
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Trenton, Ont. tenants fear further renovictionMonths after tenants of a building sold to the same new ownership, tenants of a Trenton apartment building fear they may be headed for renoviction.CanadaAug 14, 2023
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‘You have to fight’: Montreal tenants say renoviction prevented after 2-year battleA group of tenants in Montreal are declaring victory after their former landlord sold their building to a non-profit organization, putting an end to their fight over renoviction.MoneyMay 31, 2023
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Jagmeet Singh speaks out against Webster Street apartment eviction notices in London, Ont.Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spoke out against eviction notices sent to some tenants of two Webster Street apartments while in London, Ont., on Friday.CanadaMay 26, 2023
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Anti-renoviction rally in London, Ont. turns ugly, supporters told to leaveTempers flared at a demonstration by London, Ont., tenants who received letters saying their leases would be terminated at the end of August to facilitate renovations.CanadaMay 12, 2023
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