Healthy Homes - Habitation saine

Posted March 1, 2021

Huge win for tenants at 25 Leduc Dr and 2 Torbolton Dr in Rexdale.

A trio of new proposals aims to tackle those issues and more by tightening city hall rules for vacant and rental buildings and the standards for upkeep.

Some 20 tenants of the 500 block on Herring Cove Road and their supporters rallied in front of the local MetCap Living office this morning. 

“You can’t put any food out on the counter. You can’t thaw out meat because they’re on top of the plastic trying to suck through.”

While the national average is down almost 9%, rents in Halifax have spiralled upward

North York tenants spoke out against a lack of maintenance in their units

Tenants want to see eviction hearings paused during enforcement bans

More than 10% of Toronto's rental units were in arrears in 2020 due to the pandemic