Kitchener, Waterloo take steps on potential renoviction bylaws

Kitchener city council has formally directed staff to begin drafting a potential renoviction bylaw, despite an earlier staff report that advised against implementing one. The forthcoming bylaw, aimed at curbing bad-faith evictions under the guise of renovations, is expected to be developed in consultation with housing law experts and will complement existing provincial legislation, according to city staff. One delegate at Monday night’s meeting, Elliot Wand of ACORN, told council his building has been nearly emptied through renovictions. “Only myself and two others remain,” he said. “Everyone else has been renovicted.”