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When Erin Fabello resisted her landlord’s attempt to evict her from her apartment for renovations, she did so fearing not being able to find another home she could afford in Hamilton’s rising rental market.

Fabello, 56, lost her Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) bid to stay at the three-storey Sanford Avenue South building at Main Street East, but she made sure to put in writing her plan to return at the same rent once the work wrapped up.

That right to return is enshrined in provincial legislation.

‘Such bylaws have proven vital at protecting affordable housing and preventing more tenants from being displaced by bad-faith landlords so they can charge higher rents to new tenants,’ a reader writes

Amanda Dick was among dozens of tenants in a Hamilton apartment building who won a battle with their landlord to stay in their homes early last year.

The province’s rental-dispute tribunal found “insufficient evidence” that vacancy was needed to allow for planned renovations.

No doubt, that was a “victory” for the residents of the Emerald Street South building, Dick recalls.

The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) showdown sprang from notices the landlord issued residents in September 2024 to vacate for the renovations.

A new study shows the average price of rent in Canada has dropped, but not as fast in the Maritimes.

Starting Thursday, new rules regulating how much Canadian banks can charge customers in non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees will take effect. Anti-poverty groups say the charges disproportionately impact low-income Canadians and call the new limits a win for people already struggling with rising costs of living. Here’s what to know.

Canadians living paycheque to paycheque will soon face a smaller penalty when money runs short. Ottawa is capping non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees on personal deposit accounts at $10, effective March 12, down from charges as high as $48.

The new policy also prohibits multiple NSF charges within a two-day period and disallows fees when an account is short by less than $10. The government estimates Canadians will save approximately $4.1 billion over the next 10 years.