For the current year and commencing January 2011, the Municipal Licencing and Standards department (MLS) has provided updated information on the resumption of the audit program in multi-residential apartment buildings (MRAB). MLS has included a list of buildings scheduled for auditing as well as specific items to be targeted in their audits. For example, the audits [...]
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MLS AUDITING PROGRAM FOR 2011 – Update
Posted in 2011 Rent Increase Guideline, Apartment Issues, Auditing programme, Building Maintenance, HST, Jim Hart, MLS Building Audit, MRAB, Municipal Licensing and Standards, Property standards violations, Repairs and maintenance, Vacancy Decontrol, tagged Auditing programme, Building Maintenance, Jim Hart, MLS Building audit, MRAB, Municipal Licensing and Standards, Property standards violations, Repairs, Vacancy Decontrol on January 28, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Smart Sub-meters . . . Getting It Right!
Posted in Above Guideline increase, Building Maintenance, Capital Expenditures, Conservation, Electricity, Energy Conservation, Environment, Greening, Hydro, Infrastructure, Lease Agreement, Politics, Retrofit, Smart meters, Sub-meters, Utilities, tagged Building Maintenance, Capital Expenditures, Electricity, Energy Conservation, Environment, Politics, Retrofit, Sub-meters, Utilities on September 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
By I. Aagaard, Guest Contributor A recent article (Smart sub-meters) on the EYTG web site made references to an issue that’s been popping up recently: Smart Sub-Meters in apartment buildings. I agree fundamentally with the notion of this “Pay Per Use” way of holding each of us responsible for our consumption of non-renewable resources, such as [...]
WITHHOLDING RENT . . .
Posted in Apartment Issues, Building Maintenance, Compensation, Complaints, Complaints letter, Eviction, Landlord and Tenant Board, Last Month Rent (LMR), Legal Assistance, Problem Landlords, Repairs, Repairs and maintenance, T2, T6, Tenants boot camp, Withholding rent, tagged Apartment Issues, Building Maintenance, Compensation, Complaints letter, Eviction, Repairs, Residential Tenancies Act, T6 Application, Tenants boot camp, Withholding rent on February 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
SMOKE FREE HOUSING . . .
Posted in Building Code, Building Maintenance, Capital Expenditures, City of Toronto, Health Concerns, Problem Landlords, Ranee Management, Residential Tenancies Act, Second-hand smoke, Smoke free housing, T2, T6, Tenancy Agreement, Tenants boot camp, tagged Building Code, City of Toronto, Compensation, Health Concerns, Property Standards, Ranee Management, Repairs, Residential Tenancies Act, Second-hand smoke, T2 Application, Tenancy Agreement, Tenants boot camp on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
390 Dawes Road: No Heat Despite Very Cold Weather
Posted in Apartment Issues, Building Maintenance, Heating issues, Landlord Licensing and Standards, METCAP, Utilities, tagged Apartment Issues, bad landlords, heating on December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The tenants of 390 Dawes Road (a METCAP managed building) are without adequate heating for yet another winter. Our sources tell us that the radiators give off faint warmth but nothing that would produce the “minimum air temperature of 21 degrees Celsius is maintained in all areas of the dwelling unit from the 15th day [...]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES . . . City of Toronto
Posted in Affordable housing, Building Maintenance, Canada's Housing Policy, City Hall, City of Toronto, Developers, Economy, Home ownership, Housing waiting list, Rent-geared-to-income, Subsidized housing, Tax breaks, tagged Affordable housing, Building Maintenance, Canada's Housing Policy, Developers, Economy, Home ownership, Tax breaks on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The City of Toronto’s Affordable Housing Office has been involved in various housing initiatives to make life easier for renters in the GTA with low or modest incomes . The initiatives include various strategies that would increase the supply of affordable rental housing and also provide opportunities for low-income renters to purchase a home. Here are some examples [...]
