Renting
Policy
The Canada Rental Protection Fund Is Launching With Just... $5M?
Budget 2024 documents reveal that the $1.5B Canada Rental Protection Fund will be launching with just $5M in its first year.
Apr 25, 2024
Renting
Updates To RentSafeTO Include More Inspections, Steeper Fines
Toronto City Council approved a series of “updates” to RentSafeTO last week, and among those were new parameters for city inspections, a more hands-on system for tenant complaints, and increased fees for non-compliance.
Policy
BC Property Owners Group Seeking Judicial Review Of Short-Term Rental Legislation
The petition to the Supreme Court was filed last week by the West Coast Association for Property Rights, also known as the Property Rights Association of BC (PRABC).
Renting
This Property Management Group Brings Innovation To A Growing Rental Market
From what started as a management company for Pinemount Developments' own rental buildings, Holt Meadow has grown to a contracted-out property management service.
This $3.7M Arthur Erickson-Designed Townhome Is A Work Of Art
A home needs to be more than just aesthetically pleasing to be an artistic dwelling; it needs to inspire its inhabitants through unique, thought-provoking design, that pushes boundaries and transcends the norm. (You’ll know one when you see it.)
Opinion
If The Feds Want to Help Renters, The Budget Must Take Action On Open Banking
According to Andrew Graham, co-founder & CEO of Borrowell, Open banking would help level the playing field for renters, allowing them to build credit with rent payments.
Renting
Canadian Rents Flatten In March, “Weighed Down” By Declines In Vancouver And Toronto
“As population growth slows with caps on non-permanent residents and supply increases as rental completions continue to rise, rent growth should continue to moderate towards more sustainable levels.”
Renting
BC Gov To Amend Residential Tenancy Act To Deter Bad-Faith Evictions
Besides detering bad-faith evictions, other amendments will also restrict rent increases when a family has a child.
Renting
Pinemount Leans Into The 'Longevity' Of Purpose-Built Rental
"I do think that in all forms, in all levels of government, they’re starting to understand and think about [the rental market] the right way."
Renting
City Of Brampton Relaunches Contentious Landlord Licensing Pilot
The City says that landlords are no longer required to provide proof of ownership, a criminal record check, detailed parking, storage, and floor plans, or proof of electrical and gas inspections when registering their rental units.
Renting
Affordable Rental Lottery Opens For Toronto's Galleria On The Park
Renters will be chosen at random through a lottery system for Galleria on the Park's 135 affordable units, with rent prices starting at $1,589.
Renting
"Unrelenting": Canadian Rent Prices Up 21% Since Rate Increases Began
In the last year alone, rent prices grew 10.5% across Canada, which represents the fastest annual growth since September 2023.
Renting
Brampton Looking At Steeper Fines, LTB Exemptions For Landlord Licensing Pilot
City staff say they are now aiming to resume the Residential Rental Licensing pilot in early April.
Renting
Pandemic Spread Rental Affordability Crisis Across The Country, Expert Says
CMHC’s Mathieu Laberge says that the pandemic brought “increased demand in housing markets outside of large urban centres, in markets that had been somewhat insulated from the affordability crisis.”
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