Tenants

• Rent control provision quietly softened by N.S. Liberals two days after announcement

  A provision that included new tenants was quietly dropped, with no news release issued about the change.

  Canada

  Jun 10
• New Brunswick tenants call for reform to Residential Tenancies Tribunal

  "Rules are being broken but if nobody reports it, they don't care," said one tenant.

  Canada

  Jun 1
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• Tenant advocacy groups call for better rent protection in Quebec

  Housing organizations across Montreal held a demonstration on Saturday afternoon to call for better rent protection for tenants and more social housing.

  Canada

  Apr 24
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• Evictions on the rise in Montreal’s Cote-des-Neiges-NDG borough

  Tenants and community groups in the borough of Cote-des-Neiges-NDG say the number of eviction notices issued in recent months to families who rent apartments is worrisome.

  Canada

  Mar 20
• Advocates demand rent control in New Brunswick amid affordable housing ‘crisis’

  Affordable housing advocates, including ACORN New Brunswick, held a demonstration in Saint John to call on the government to increase protections for tenants in the province.

  Economy

  Mar 11
• Lethbridge apartment tenants move out after 2nd death in building

  “People are pretty upset right now. It's not the first time that this has happened in the building and the criminal activity around the area is so high."

  Crime

  Feb 9
• Lethbridge resident concerned about smoking in non-smoking apartment building

  Kettie Worne recently moved into a more expensive smoke-free apartment after leaving her former non-smoking residence because of second-hand smoke.

  Health

  Feb 4
• ‘People are being shown no mercy’: Online evictions raise alarm in Ontario

  "These people are being shown no mercy," Kenn Hale with the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario said.

  Health

  Dec 26, 2020
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• Vancouver Tenants Union calling on B.C. government to reinstate ban on evictions

  The Vancouver Tenants Union (VTU) is asking provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, to push the B.C. government for an immediate reinstatement of the ban on evictions.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2020
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• Parc-Extension tenants rally against their landlord

  Parc-Extension residents in Montreal rallied Sunday in solidarity with tenants facing rent increases and alleged harassment.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2020