Tenant Rights
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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.CanadaJan 9
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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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N.B. housing strategy looks at all options, but no rent cap possible until fall: ministerThe minister responsible for housing in New Brunswick says there can be no legislation, including a rent cap, introduced for housing until October.PoliticsMay 18, 2023
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Apartment residents say they’re being forced out for repairs, offered $5K to leave earlyThe letters went out to 20 units on Friday, claiming that leases would be terminated by the end of August in order to facilitate major renovations.CanadaMay 5, 2023
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Hamilton tenants at Main Street residence with no running water still awaiting fixA landlord has until after March 8 to repair a problem that has left residents at 1083 Main St. E., in Hamilton without running water for close to two months.PoliticsFeb 22, 2023
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Rent control: What tenants should know as rental prices surge across Canada'Landlords use a variety of strategies and tactics to push and price tenants out of their homes,' said one community legal worker in Toronto, Ont.CanadaJan 28, 2023
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Nova Scotia studying creation of enforcement unit for tenant-landlord disputesBoth tenants rights groups and landlord associations have been for years calling for an enforcement system, saying N.S. doesn't have the resources to manage disputes.CanadaNov 29, 2022
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Vancouver tenants left shivering for over a month, no timeline in sight for heating fixWith the building's boiler busted, tenant Joshua Chartrand said he's been bundled up in his unit and shivering while working from home for about six weeks.ConsumerNov 7, 2022
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Halifax woman says tenancy wrongfully terminated amid order to repair unitStacey Gomez, who won a legal fight against a pending renoviction a month ago, is now in another battle with the same landlord, who claims he’s doing everything by the book.CanadaOct 27, 2022
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N.B. opposition parties say rent cap uncertainty is bad for tenants, landlordsWith just a few months to go until the province's rent cap expires, the government has yet to make a decision on whether it will be extended or not.PromoOct 16, 2022
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