Let Common Sense Prevail -Councils to look at how city can stop renovictions NOW!

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Local tenant rights advocates say they're pleased about a draft motion going before city hall next week that would target so-called renovictions, while the city's deputy mayor is calling on the province to do more to combat the problem.

The motion from Mayor Josh Morgan, Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, and Ward 3 Coun. Peter Cuddy will be tabled during Monday's community and protective services committee meeting. It calls on city staff to find ways the municipality could stop or limit renovictions, and report back by the end of September.

Staff could recommend new by-laws, policies, and programs that could address the practice, which continues to have a significant impact on the community and on the city's affordable housing stock, the three say.

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"There are limited tools in a city's toolbox. Obviously, the Residential Tenancies Act is provincial. We do, however, have a municipal licensing by-law on converted rentals, and that's where a lot of these are coming from," Lewis said Wednesday.

One possibility, Lewis says, would be requiring landlords to provide a copy of the lease with their rental licence.

Landlords issuing N12 notices citing personal or family use, or N13 notices for renovation, demolition, or unit conversion, could also be required to file the notice with the city, along with the new or renewed lease.

Such a requirement would essentially force landlords to prove the evictions weren't a ruse to replace existing tenants with higher-paying ones.

"If they've got to file that new lease with us by a certain period of time, and they fail to do so, then basically… they would forfeit their rental license… And then we can impose financial penalties if they are found to be doing so without a license," Lewis said.





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