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Ottawa doesn’t have a renoviction bylaw, but the planning and housing committee has asked city staff to look deeper into the possibility. Hamilton, Toronto and London are among the Ontario cities that already have such bylaws. Ottawa’s review process would take more than a year and it would mean that other priorities would be delayed, including regulations for leaf blowers and a review of existing regulations for body rub parlours.

Staff released a report last week recommending that council wait for further research before implementing a renoviction bylaw. The Wednesday committee meeting heard from 24 public delegates, including representatives from The Ottawa Mission, the Carleton University Students’ Association, the Alliance to End Homelessness and ACORN about the community and personal impacts of renoviction, as well as its contribution to the city’s homelessness crisis.

Les élus municipaux d’Ottawa souhaitent que l’administration de la ville se penche sur l’élaboration d’un règlement entourant les rénovictions dans la capitale fédérale, malgré les réticences soulevées dans le rapport préparé par le personnel municipal.

Le nombre d’avis d’expulsion a bondi de 483% en cinq ans et plusieurs demandent à la Ville d’agir.

Concerned citizens in Ottawa rallied Tuesday to call on councillors to push forward with a proposed bylaw to stop renovictions. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson reports.

Tenants and advocates rallied outside city hall on Tuesday ahead of a report set to come to Ottawa’s planning and housing committee that won’t be recommending a renoviction bylaw. The term “renoviction” is used when landlords evict tenants with the intent of doing renovations to charge a higher rent.