On Saturday morning, roughly 100 tenants and union representatives rallied in front of 33 King St. in York-South Weston, demanding the landlord respect rent control.
"I [moved] into my bachelor at $500, it's now almost $1,000," Elizabeth Thompson, a tenant who is retired living on a pension, told CTV News Toronto.
"We've experienced rent increases up to 25 per cent in 2019," said Anthony Alao, who lives at John Street with his two-year-old and wife, "crazy, unfair rent increases that has been making us decide if we're going to be paying our rent on time or maybe if we're going to be having food on our table," he said.Alao said his building's elevators have not been working on and off for the last three years.
"We are paying for things we are not getting," she told CTV News at the rally, "these corporate landlords are getting away with too much."Ontario landlords of rent-controlled buildings can increase rent up to 2.5% but they can increase it above the guideline by applying for ‘Above Guideline Rent Increases.'
"The AGIs that are impacting the other 60 percent of the building was inherited by the previous owner for work completed prior to our acquisition, in 2016-2018," Hero Mohtadi, VP of residential operations and asset management, told CTV News Toronto. "We understand that affordability is a concern for many individuals and families, and have strived to keep the lease rates at West22 significantly lower than the market value. Even with recent increases, rents at West 22 are still 30 per cent below market standards.”
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