Global News: Toronto neighbourhood residents upset about plans to turn parking lot into affordable housing
Posted March 1, 2021
Posted March 1, 2021
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