New map tracks mass evictions happening across Toronto
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Ontario is in the midst of what many tenants and experts have referred to as an ongoing eviction crisis, and a new online resource tracks the thousands of virtual eviction hearings held by the Landlord Tenant Board in Toronto over the past few months.
According to EvictionsOntario, the new online map and tracker created by organized working class tenants in Toronto, the Ontario LTB held more than 13,000 eviction hearings in November, December and January alone.
Toronto legal clinic asks city s top doctor to suspend evictions during pandemic
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 2:59 pm EDT
Evictions were suspended in the province until the summer and the Landlord and Tenant Board is now working through a backlog of cases. Erik Eastman
A Toronto legal clinic has asked the city’s top doctor to suspend residential evictions during the pandemic.
The letter from Downtown Legal Services says ongoing evictions during the second wave of COVID-19 are a public health risk.
Ontario’s government has not yet taken action on an opposition motion supporting a freeze on evictions.
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A Toronto legal clinic has asked the city’s top doctor to suspend residential evictions during the pandemic.
The letter from Downtown Legal Services says ongoing evictions during the second wave of COVID-19 are a public health risk.
Ontario’s government has not yet taken action on an Opposition motion supporting a freeze on evictions.
As Ontario’s eviction blitz continues, Toronto tenants fight for a ban
The Landlord Tenant Board has processed thousands of eviction applications since Doug Ford s government lifted a moratorium in the summer By Julia Mastroianni
Courtesy of Parkdale Organize
Metcap tenants from across Toronto rallied on December 5, 2020 in a protest against evictions and rent. increases
During the pandemic, Toronto renters have been fighting for rent relief in the face of lost jobs and income, and an eviction ban.
But with Toronto in a second lockdown and many tenants still out of a job, the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) has begun, as one adjudicator put it, an “eviction blitz.” Hearings last mere minutes and tenants who have no way to pay rent are handed eviction orders.