Amri Murray

A recent conviction in Oshawa serves as a stark reminder: in Ontario’s highly regulated rental market, "ignorance of the law" is an expensive excuse. The case involves an Oshawa landlord who was recently fined $15,000 (plus a $3,750 victim fine surcharge) for violating the Residential Tenancies Act . The charge? Failing to afford a tenant the Right of First Refusal. What Happened? The landlord issued a notice to terminate a tenancy for the purpose of extensive repairs and renovations...

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Recently, many Ottawa tenants opened their mail to an unexpected message: according to the City of Ottawa, their rent was supposed to go down. Specifically, some tenants living in apartment buildings with seven or more units that were built before 2001 were told that their landlords would be paying lower property taxes as of January 1 and that this reduction should be passed on to them in the form of lower rent. For landlords, this created an immediate problem. Many had not adjusted rents,...