Tag: LTB
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Mandatory Registration for Toronto Short-Term Rental Units
Short-term rental operators in Toronto who rent out properties for periods of less than 28 days will have to formally register with the City of Toronto starting September 10, 2020, to keep operating in the city. The new online registration system is part of a broader effort to better regulate short-term rentals across the city,…
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City of Toronto – Short Term Rentals (Press Release)
City of Toronto registration of short-term rentals to launch September 10 News Release August 25, 2020 This September, the City of Toronto will launch a new online registration system for short-term rental operators who are renting their homes on a short-term basis for a period of less than 28 consecutive days. Beginning September 10, 2020,…
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Guest Post – Harry Fine: More on Bill 184…
The Sky is Not Falling – RTA Changes Mostly Benefit Tenants Originally posted here. Tenant advocates will read this post and just scream that landlords butter my bread and that I should be ignored. But let’s get one thing straight. I do more work for tenants than for landlords. I’m in nobody’s boat, unlike FRPO,…
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Guest Post – Mohammad Adam: Rent protesters mean well, but could make things much worse
This article was originally published by The Ottawa Citizen. COVID-19 has ravaged the economy, cost jobs and left many struggling to make ends meet. With little or no income, many Canadians are being forced to choose between food and rent. Inevitably, many tenants are withholding rent in a bid to survive. It’s quite understandable in…
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Video: Harry Fine (Paralegal) – Landlord and Tenant Advocate
In this video, Harry speaks to Landlord and tenant perspectives during the LTB shut down, Covid and continuing communications. Watch the full video HERE…
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Increases to the LTB fees…
LTB Fee Increases LTB | JUNE 22, 2020 FEE INCREASES ON JULY 1, 2020 Effective July 1, 2020, application fees for the Assessment Review Board (ARB), the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) and appeal fees for the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) will increase. The ARB, LTB and LAT fees…
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Guest Post: Clayton Jarvis – Rent Banks?
Originally posted here: GTA investors call for rent bank in wake of COVID-19 by Clayton Jarvis | Mar 31, 2020 If you were to make a list of groups that will never have a fan club, Ontario’s Landlord Tenant Board would likely be one of the first to get jotted down. Investors have long been…
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Guest Post – Working Together by Harry Fine (Ontario Paralegal)
Harry Fine is an outstanding Paralegal and Housing advocate. His bio can be viewed HERE. Harry highlights the complexities and absurdities of Ontario’s landlord and tenant law. He is a paralegal with over 15 years practicing landlord and tenant, Small Claims and Human Rights law and is a former member of the Landlord and Tenant…
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Unintended Consequences
I’m in my car a lot between appointments. This week my mind keeps drifting back to the new “AirBnB rules” in Toronto and Ottawa + the one-sided media coverage of the causes and ramifications. I’d like to state for the record I currently have no STR holdings and don’t see that as part of my…