Rent Strike

• How a group of Toronto tenants turned to a risky last resort and got a ‘huge victory’

  What looked like a summer block party in front of two Toronto apartment buildings was a celebration of what renters who withheld payments for months called a "huge victory."

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2024
  
• Minimum wage is up in 6 provinces, but can it help ease affordability pressure?

  In Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the minimum wage remained unchanged on Sunday.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023
  
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• Two northwest Toronto buildings join York South-Weston Rent Strike

  The tenants of 1440 and 1442 Lawrence Avenue West allege their landlord refuses to provide basic maintenance to the building while seeking multiple above guideline rent increases.

  Economy

  Oct 2, 2023
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• ‘It is not right’: Some Toronto tenants go on rent strike to protest increases

  Beverley Henry paid $900 a month in rent when she first moved into her one-bedroom Toronto apartment nearly a decade ago but that amount has since climbed to more than $1,300.

  Crime

  Jul 28, 2023
• Tenants opposed to above-guidance rent increase go on rent strike, withhold payments

  Tenants at three apartment buildings in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park are withholding rent payments for a second month after the landlord proposed above guidance rent increases.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2023
• Rent is due May 1. Experts say CERB isn’t enough for some Canadian tenants

  Some provinces have encouraged tenants and landlords to work together to develop rent payment plans, which one expert says is the only option right now.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2020
• Flemingdon Park tenants on rent strike take protest to landlord’s head office

  Landlord Minto Group has applied for a rent increase of 4.8 per cent above the 1.8 per cent guideline set by the province.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2018
• ‘We don’t want to live like animals’: Flemingdon Park tenant plans protest over rent hike

  On Aug. 1, Mizikar will be one of 200 tenants of 35 St Dennis in North York who will not pay rent to Minto Group, the owner of the building

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2018
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• 2-month tenant strike expected to end after Toronto landlord drops bid to raise rents

  A two-month rent strike at a west Toronto highrise is expected to end after a landlord abandoned a bid to raise tenants' rents by more than double the amount recommended by the government.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2018
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• Video appears to show Toronto apartment company CEO nearly run over protester in Parkdale

  As tenants in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood continue to advocate for better living conditions at multiple apartment buildings owned by MetCap Living, a shocking new video appears to show the company’s CEO nearly hit a protester with his pickup truck.

  Canada

  May 30, 2017