Renovictions

• Toronto’s new renovictions bylaw comes into effect, aimed at protecting tenants

  A new Toronto bylaw targeting renovictions comes into effect today, requiring landlords to get a licence before carrying out repairs or renovations that force tenants to move out.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2025
  
• Proposed London, Ont. renoviction bylaw faces scrutiny at council meeting

  The bylaw as it stands would require landlords to pay $400 per-unit fee for a renovation licence from the city within seven days of serving the N13 notice.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2024
  
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• ‘An epidemic in our city’: Licence requirement suggested to curb renovictions in London

  London city staff are hoping a $400 licence for renovations requiring tenant eviction helps curb bad-faith actors, or what's known as 'renoviction.'

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2024
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• Draft bylaw tackling ‘renovictions’ in London, Ont. coming later this spring

  A London staff report suggests exploring a bylaw similar to one in Hamilton where landlords issuing an N13 notice have to obtain a renovation license from the municipality.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2024
• Ontario city set to impose ‘1st-of-its-kind’ bylaw preventing renovictions

  Hamilton, Ont. is looking at new rules that will limit or prevent renovictions by binding landlords and tenants legally during renovations.

  Politics

  Jan 17, 2024
• Committee approves motion to investigate solutions to renovictions in London, Ont.

  If passed through council, the motion would direct staff to find municipal options to prevent renovictions and report back to committee by September.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2024
• Kitchener considers bylaws around rental evictions due to demolition

  Staff at the city of Kitchener are continuing to look for ways to protect renters who are evicted from their homes as a result of demolition.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2023
• 2nd round of eviction notices sent out at Webster Street apartments

  The notice says leases will be terminated Dec. 31 to accommodate renovations. At least six tenants have received notices informing them of the termination of their lease.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2023
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• Hamilton strengthens bylaws to stifle renovictions, steady tenant supports

  Councillors approved a pair of bylaws and added supports to a tenant defence fund to aid renters across Hamilton facing a potential eviction.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2023
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• Hamilton-area rallies reflect pressure rising rents, renovictions are having on tenants

  Hamilton councillors are just days away from addressing renoviction bylaws and expansion of a tenant defence fund – aiding groups fighting termination notices.

  Canada

  Aug 3, 2023