Ontario eyes measures to stop landlords hiking rents to dodge future rent control

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By Rob Ferguson
Queen's Park Bureau
Tues., April 4, 2017

It is “really unacceptable” for landlords to dramatically raise rents on their tenants — in some cases doubling them — to avoid possible rent control in future, says Premier Kathleen Wynne.

“It is an extremely urgent matter. We are on it,” she told reporters Tuesday in response to a Toronto Star article about a west-end condo landlord raising a tenant’s rent to $3,300 from $1,650 effective July 1.

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Housing Minister Chris Ballard has already signalled the government is considering an extension to controls that limit rent increases on buildings constructed since 1991.

New Democrat MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto-Danforth) has proposed a private member’s bill to make all buildings subject to rent control.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/04/04/ontario-eyes-measures-to-stop-landlords-hiking-rents-to-dodge-future-rent-control.html

Tenants at two west-end condos see rent double

By Peter Goffin
Staff Reporter
May Warren Metro
Mon., April 3, 2017

Tenants of at least two west-end condo buildings will see their rents double this year, in a move that critics say proves change is needed in Ontario’s rent control laws.

Kim Zasadny, 25, has lived with a roommate at 170 Sudbury St. for about a year and a half.

Over the weekend, she received a letter from KSV Advisory, a company that restructures insolvent businesses, informing her that rent would increase from $1,650 to $3,300, starting July 1.

“It basically says I have two options, either to pay $3,300 a month for a one and a half bedroom that I live in ... or I have to move out July 1,” said Zasadny.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/03/tenants-at-two-west-end-condos-see-rent-double.html

If my rent were ever to double, I'd be homeless. End of story.