It is very mentally straining on us to think that we could be actually evicted out of our homes, especially after living here so long and developing such a good community, such a good neighbourhood, Israel said. She said she feels like nobody cares about the residents. Tricia-Ann Israel, who has lived in the complex for 32 years, joined the strike out of fear she'll have to move due to the increase. 'Explosion' of above guideline rent increases pricing out some Toronto tenants, advocates say Social (new window).He said some tenants have already received eviction notices. Tenants participating in the strike stopped paying rent on May 1 and more plan to join this month, according to Zigman, who is helping the Thorncliffe Park tenants fight the AGIs. But and their investors can pay for these renovations, can pay for repairs at the building, can pay to maintain the buildings and tenants cannot, said FMTA organizer Philip Zigman. Unfortunately, these types of rent increases are legal and no one here is disputing that. Same for those who did not agree to pay the AGI proposed last month. If the AGIs are approved, tenants who had not been paying the increase since 2022 could see the hike applied to their rent retroactively. AGIs allow landlords to tack on up to an additional three per cent per year for three years for capital expenditures, like major repairs or renovations. This year that guideline is set at 2.5 per cent. Without approval, landlords in Ontario are only allowed to increase rent for most existing tenants according to the province's annual rent increase for inflation. The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) has not yet approved the AGIs. We started feeling like someone trying to kick out or push us out of our community and our home.Īldroubi says the proposed rent increases at the Thorncliffe Park apartment complex is more than his family can afford. He said his family now considers the Thorncliffe Park complex as their home, and the increase, which would tack on almost $150 a month to their rent, is more than they can afford.
We away from the war, from Syria, to find peace and a comfortable life here in Canada, Aldroubi said. Khalil Aldroubi, who lives in the complex with his family, is one of the tenants protesting. Last year, the proposed increase was 4.2 per cent. Residents of a three-building apartment complex on Thorncliffe Park Drive were given notice of rent increases beginning on May 1, varying from 4.94 per cent to 5.5 per cent, according to copies of 20 notices shared with CBC Toronto by the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA). Parkdale residents protest against landlord's application for 'above-guideline' rent increases (new window).These Toronto tenants are sick of above-guideline rent increases.The rent strike, which started just over a month ago, is the second i (new window)n Toronto spurred on by above-guideline rent increases (AGIs) that CBC Toronto has reported on within the last week. More than 100 tenants in a Thorncliffe Park apartment complex have stopped paying rent to protest proposed above-guideline increases of almost 10 per cent over the last two years, according to a tenant advocacy group.
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