tenants

A new coalition in the City of Toronto is seeking protections for tenants who are struggling in the extreme heat conditions that are becoming increasingly common due to climate change.

Certn's website says that instead of using "outdated" manual screening for clients, it performs background checks using  "100 per cent online automated checks," and can conduct criminal record checks, identity checks, and employment verification in more than 200 countries. 

Justin Trudeau came to Vancouver to announce a "renters bill of rights" and other pro-affordability measures. But the details are decidedly underwhelming — and might just end up adding insult to the considerable injuries renters have endured.

Even people who don’t lose their homes during a storm can end up threatened with eviction.

The British Columbia government announced a $500-million fund on Thursday, January 12, 2023, to help the non-profit housing sector purchase rental buildings and save them from "housing speculators and profiteers," whose property flips often lead to tenant evictions.

Tenants in Toronto, where market rental rates steadily outpace the increases landlords can legally impose on them, are facing the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic in a system that encourages landlords to move them on. Some are fighting back.

Federal and provincial governments have agreed to extend a commercial rent-relief program to help cover July costs for eligible small businesses.

Residents of Montreal's Park Extension warn that evictions are on the rise amid gentrification in the province's poorest neighbourhood.

British Columbia's New Democrats are promising initiatives in Tuesday's budget to increase the supply of affordable homes for families, students and seniors, while also bringing in measures to dampen speculation in the real estate market.

A group of Indigenous families living in social housing say the Manitoba government is threatening to evict them at the end of the month.