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According to data obtained by CBC Hamilton, on average per year the Rental Housing Enforcement Unit receives over 18,400 calls, opens 1,500 cases and investigates around 200 cases. But a Hamilton tenant hopes she can find justice with the unit, despite its track record.
Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board has issued 11 fines over nearly four years for bad faith evictions but tenants' lawyers say that number is staggeringly low and reflects a failure by the province to protect tenants.