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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.

A city staff report has recommended against adopting a renoviction bylaw In Ottawa, arguing that it would be costly and that provincial legislation could soon supercede any bylaw. The 19-page report acknowledges that it was “highly probable” that unlawful evictions were happening under the pretext of renovation and that there was harm caused when tenants were forced to leave their homes.