A new registry of delinquent Ontario tenants — and some unscrupulous landlords — is gaining traction among landlords and legal experts. Online database Openroom says it hosted almost 2 million searches in past year A new registry of delinquent Ontario tenants — and some unscrupulous landlords — is gaining traction …
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Today’s housing crisis started decades ago when the feds pulled out of social housing, experts say
For many housing experts, advocates and municipal officials, the seeds of today's housing crisis were planted with a policy shift in the federal government decades ago. It got out of building social housing, leaving a deficit of non-market housing that people could afford. Consecutive federal governments in the 1980s and …
Read More »Federal housing minister floats Airbnb crackdown to boost long-term rental supply
Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Monday the federal government is considering a series of measures to curb the number of Airbnb and other short-term rental units on offer to boost the supply of homes available to rent. Tens of thousands of short-term rental properties could be turned into homes for …
Read More »In an uncertain economic climate, the federal government banks on hope
The federal government's Fall Economic Statement shows the Canadian economy is weak but headed toward improvement. It also shows just how quickly its economic assumptions can be upended if things don't improve. The Fall Economic Statement hinges on an improving economy, which is no sure thing Almost any budgetary process …
Read More »How does rent control work in Ontario, and does it apply to you?
When it comes to the conversation about renting in Ontario, there's one term that comes up over and over again: rent control. But what does that actually mean? How does it work? And, perhaps most importantly, does it apply to your apartment? Follow along and let's find out. CBC Toronto …
Read More »Linking immigration to the housing shortage may be missing the problem, experts say
With rising rents and house prices making it increasingly harder to find a place to live, some are pointing the finger at Canada's record-level immigration rates. Canada now has more than 2.5M non-permanent residents, a number experts say is driving up rents With rising rents and house prices making it …
Read More »Some tenants facing eviction are demanding thousands from landlords
Amid delays at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board, the demand for cash for keys — when a landlord pays a tenant to leave peacefully and in a timely manner — is on the rise, paralegals say. They say some tenants are taking advantage, but tenant advocates argue they're simply seeking …
Read More »Housing supply improving but Canada still needs 3.5M more new homes by 2030, CMHC says
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says the projected housing supply gap has shrunk slightly from last year, but that Canada still needs to build about 3.5 million more houses by 2030 above and beyond what is currently planned in order to restore affordability. Report shows slight improvement to housing gap …
Read More »A kayaker takes a 11,000-km solo journey to ‘reverse the bad.’ There was lots of stealth camping
A Canadian kayaker who set out on an 11,000-kilometre solo journey from Nova Scotia, down to the Gulf of Mexico and back up the Atlantic coast last year, has reached the finish line in Halifax exactly 14 months later. Mark Fuhrmann, 65, started his adventure last June in N.S., paddling …
Read More »After stealing $500K from municipal coffers, a local official faked a cyberattack to cover it up, lawsuit alleges
A former chief administrative officer stole more than half a million dollars from a western Manitoba municipality's bank account, and then tried to cover it up by fabricating a story about a cyberattack and altering documents, a lawsuit filed last month alleges. Lawsuit alleges former chief administrative officer of Gilbert …
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