Landlord withdraws rent increase after tenant strike at Toronto apartment: organizers
Tenant organizers say they have successfully beat back a landlord’s attempt to retroactively raise rents by over five per cent at a west-end Toronto apartment building. In March, tenants at 75 Spencer Ave. began withholding rent payments after their building’s property manager applied for an above guideline rent increase, or AGI. After six months of […]
In March, tenants at 75 Spencer Ave. in Toronto initiated a rent strike after their building's property manager applied for a rent increase exceeding the maximum allowable 2.5 percent. The tenants, represented by Parkdale Organize, refused to pay the retroactively proposed rent increase of 5.4 percent, arguing that the renovations undertaken by the landlord, such as the renovation of the lobby and conversion of an office into a rental unit, did not directly enhance their living conditions.
The tenants claimed the proposed rent increase would be unaffordable. The landlord, Metcap Living, withdrew the application after six months of the rent strike. Last weekend, tenants traveled to Montreal to confront the new owner over the rent increase.
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