11/25/2024 | Posted in Ontario News by Ruth Halperin
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Ontario is exploring a proposal to allow credit reporting agencies to access Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) orders for renters with a history of missed payments.

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  6/28/2024 | Posted in Government and Regulation by Ruth Halperin
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Ontario is holding the annual rent increase guideline for 2025 at 2.5 per cent. This is currently the lowest rate in the country and below the average inflation rate of 3.1 per ... More

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  7/1/2023 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Province holding rent increase guideline at 2.5 per cent in 2024

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  6/16/2023 | Posted in Ontario News by Ruth Halperin
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Ontario is conferring so-called strong mayor powers — which critics have decried as undemocratic — upon 26 more cities in the name of building more housing.

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  4/3/2020 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Speaking from Queen’s Park on Friday afternoon, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a halt to all residential construction in the province.

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  3/25/2020 | Posted in Ontario News by Ruth Halperin
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All “non-essential” workplaces in Ontario have been ordered closed effective 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for 14 days as the battle against COVID-19 reaches a critical ... More

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  3/25/2020 | Posted in Ontario News by Ruth Halperin
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The Ontario government has confirmed that it will temporarily not issue any new eviction orders and will halt the enforcement of evictions during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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  2/25/2020 | Posted in Ontario News by Ruth Halperin
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The provincial transit agency and the GTAA (Greater Toronto Airports Authority) have reached an important step in a project that will make getting to and from area airports ... More

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  6/7/2019 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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The Ontario government has passed legislation which aims to tackle the province’s housing crisis.

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  4/8/2019 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Industry association also wants its regulator to have more power to 'kick out' unethical agents

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  11/20/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Starting immediately, rent control rules will no longer apply to buildings and flats being rented for the first time, the Progressive Conservative government announced ... More

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  10/12/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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The Ontario Real Estate Association is making more than three dozen recommendations to the provincial government on how it should update the rules governing realtors, including ... More

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  9/21/2018 | Posted in Ontario News by Ruth Halperin
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The Ontario government says it’s expanding GO Transit service in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. This will bring immediate relief to the ... More

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