Tenants

Canada

A year later, N.L. still working on plan to deal with rule-breaking landlords and tenants

Last spring, Caio De Naday Hornhardt found himself in a frustrating situation when he believed his former landlord had wronged…

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Canada

Tenants fight eviction from Halifax apartment building

Floyd Poulain’s battle with his landlord over an eviction notice has shed light on the controversial practice of renovictions in…

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Canada

Windsor landlord says tenants who haven’t paid 16 months of rent have now paused eviction order

After more than 16 months of his tenants not paying rent, Michael Portman was hopeful that the eviction process was…

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Business

Is it a tenant’s right to charge an EV at their rental?

An Ottawa man feels it’s his right to charge his car overnight at his apartment building since electricity is included…

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Halifax

“I don’t feel secure, I feel scammed”: Rent-in-advance scheme is troubling tenants in Halifax

Property management company Olympus Properties has been accused by Dalhousie Legal Aid Service of requiring money from potential tenants in…

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Business

Landlords’ latest tactic in public battles with tenants: sue them for libel

Outside a southwest Toronto cheese business last November, 69-year-old Mohamed Nizam and a dozen of his neighbours stood chanting: “Fix…

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Nova Scotia

Q&A: Bylaws can protect tenants from some renovictions. Can Halifax enact its own?

A bylaw introduced this year in Hamilton has made it more difficult for landlords to order so-called renovictions — the act of evicting tenants to renovate…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax developer ordered to fix safety issues as tenants move belongings in to construction site

Tenants have begun to move their belongings in to a new 124-unit apartment building in Halifax while it is still under…

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Nova Scotia

Dartmouth landlord switched lease to fixed term without tenant’s knowledge, court rules

The small claims court of Nova Scotia has ruled in favour of a tenant after the landlord changed their lease…

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Nova Scotia

Changes coming for tenants paying fixed rent in Nova Scotia’s public housing units

Nova Scotia is changing the rules for those who pay a fixed amount of rent for public housing, a move…

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