Rent Strike

• 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
  
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• ‘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
• 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
• Parkdale tenants who launched rent strike say they’ve been given eviction notices

  Tenants of Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood who began a rent strike earlier this month say The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has started to initiate eviction notices.

  Canada

  May 24, 2017
• Parkdale tenants organize rent strike to protest rent increases at MetCap buildings

  Parkdale tenants living in six apartment buildings owned and operated by MetCap Living are staging a rent strike beginning May 1.

  Canada

  May 1, 2017
• N.S. Community Services minister promises more help for low-income tenants amid possible rent strike

  On Thursday, Minister Joanne Bernard said she is aware that residents are looking into the possibility of withholding rent until maintenance issues are fixed.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2016
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• Rent strike? Halifax public housing residents decry maintenance issues

  The idea is to try to force the Nova Scotia Housing Authority to take care of the existing maintenance issues.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2016