Revenge of the Renter - Macleans.ca macleans.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from macleans.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tenants gathered in Thorncliffe Park on Sunday to mark almost one year of withholding rent from their landlords in a bid to convince them to drop their applications to raise rents above the provincial guideline.
Hundreds of tenants, struggling to afford skyrocketing rents, are refusing to pay their landlords at all. They call it a rent strike. The landlords say it’s illegal. An inside look at the frontier of a growing class war
Landlords of 275 Hamilton-area buildings have applied for above-guideline rent hikes since 2017 cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hundreds of tenants, struggling to afford skyrocketing rents, are refusing to pay their landlords at all. They call it a rent strike. The landlords say it’s illegal. An inside look at the frontier of a growing class war