Tenants at several buildings in Toronto have gone on a rent strike to protest unfair treatment by their landlords. Find out more.
In Ontario, landlords are allowed to increase rent up to a threshold set by the government each year but the cap does not apply to rental units first occupied after Nov. 15, 2018. The rent increase guideline for 2024 was set at 2.5 per cent, the same rate as for this year.
“Over the last five years, I have seen my rent increase three times higher than rent control,” she says. “It’s a tactic that our landlord has used every year to avoid following rent control, and this is why we are striking.”Article content “We are accommodating and supporting our tenants as best we can as we resolve these AGIs,” Cooper said, noting that about 12 per cent of tenants at 33 King are on a rental strike.
He said a nine per cent rent increase was proposed for his unit this year, but he has decided to pay no more than the 2.5 per cent increase that’s in line with the government guideline.“Their intention is to try to evict us out, so they could obviously replace us with someone who would pay much more, a lot more higher,” said Alao, who lives in a two-bedroom apartment with his family.
Bruno Dobrusin, a rally organizer, said those protesting want Dream Unlimited to reach a fair deal with the tenants.
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