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Woman facing eviction after husband ended tenancy wins case against landlord Divisional Court found the Toronto woman is a tenant despite the lease only being signed by her husband, who was removed from the home for domestic violence.

An Etobicoke mom of two has won an appeal against her landlord, who fought to evict her when her husband — the sole person named on the lease — terminated the tenancy agreement after police removed him from the home over domestic violence.

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First Nations warn members to be cautious when entering U.S. following ICE actions OTTAWA - Several First Nations are warning their members to be wary of crossing the border into the United States in response to immigration enforcement raids and the detention of

Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict, who is a co-chair of the Jay Treaty Alliance, told me he’s aware of at least one First Nations individual who was detained by ICE.

“He was returned to Canada and they did seize his certificate of Indian status,” Benedict said.

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Financialized landlords disproportionately apply to evict in Black neighbourhoods, study finds Findings show the eviction applications rates were five times higher in high-income, majority Black neighbourhoods than financialized landlords’ citywide average.

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Woman fights eviction order after husband removed from home for domestic violence ends tenancy Division Court is set to rule if the wife and children can stay in the home after her husband and sole lease holder ended the agreement after being removed from the home over domestic violence.

Divisional Court is set to decide whether a Toronto woman can stay in her rental home after her husband, who police removed over domestic violence and who is the leaseholder, terminated the lease and she and her kids faced eviction

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These renters say their needs were ignored while their landlords did ‘amazing’ renovations on empty units These renters say their needs were ignored while their landlords did ‘amazing’ renovations on empty units. A landlords group says renovations are necessary to update Toronto’s aging rental stock.

These Toronto renters say their needs were ignored while landlords made renovations in empty units

While financial landlords say renovations are needed to modernize old rental stock, advocates say the practice is part of a profit-maximizing strategy. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent ‘This is preventative medicine,’ says Dr. Andrew Boozary with the University Health Network, as research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes. The fund will help patients on a case...

UHN is rolling out Ontario’s first hospital-based homelessness and eviction prevention program.

“This is preventative medicine,” says Dr. Andrew Boozary.

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Toronto's Finch Store is looking to the future Owner Yana Miriev was stuck in zoning limbo and ready to 'close the door.' Then a surprise move by council green-lit shops and cafes like hers on some neighbourhood streets.

Yana Miriev, owner of Toronto’s grocer and cafe Finch Store, was ready to “close the door” of her neighbourhood shop.

Then a last-minute council motion changed everything.

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‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent ‘This is preventative medicine,’ says Dr. Andrew Boozary with the University Health Network, as research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes. The fund will help patients on a case...

‘This is preventive medicine’: Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent

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The old Toronto Star building at 1 Yonge will live for a little while longer — as a luxury hotel Pinnacle is holding off demolishing the Star’s home base for 51 years, which is set to be part of a planned community including Canada’s tallest skyscraper.

Canadian developer Pinnacle International is holding off on plans to demolish the Toronto Star’s old office building at 1 Yonge St. in fresh hopes of converting the existing building into a luxury hotel. @thestar.com www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

Fixed mortgage rates are likely at their ‘lowest point this year,’ experts say “We’re seeing the weaker economy, paradoxically, is allowing more people into the real estate market,” said Phil Soper, president and CEO of Royal LePage.

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Ford government’s Bill 60 would ‘whittle down’ tenant rights at the Landlord and Tenant Board, advocates say The province, which walked back a proposal to allow eviction when leases end, is still pushing ahead with Landlord and Tenant Board changes that housing advocates say favour landlords.

Despite the Ford government’s decision not to change security of tenure rules for now, Bill 60 would still “whittle down” tenant rights at the Landlord and Tenant Board, advocates say

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Doug Ford ending automatic tenancy extensions would be ‘devastating’ for Ontario renters, advocates warn The province's bill 60 proposes to 'consult on alternative options on lease agreement expiry' to open up more rentals.

Doug Ford ending automatic tenancy extensions would be ‘devastating’ for Ontario renters, advocates warn

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Yes, the city placed the blocks and fencing the next day

The city dropped concrete blocks, fencing at the site of a Kensington encampment. The nearby church wants them gone The city says they’re temporary, but the church, which supported the encampment, says more blocks and fencing remain from a clearing two years ago.

The move has sparked more frustration for members of the Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields, who see the blocks and fencing as an “aggressive” move that makes the church look uninviting and bars it from using the courtyard at all. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

The city dropped concrete blocks, fencing at the site of a Kensington encampment. The nearby church wants them gone The city says they’re temporary, but the church, which supported the encampment, says more blocks and fencing remain from a clearing two years ago.

After tearing down an encampment outside a church last week, the City of Toronto dropped large concrete blocks and erected metal fencing on the site — next to blocks and fencing it had placed there two years prior. @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

City clears Kensington-area church encampment after Toronto Fire order City workers offered shelter spaces and “homelessness supports” to the 12 occupants ahead of Thursday’s 1 p.m. deadline from Toronto Fire.

The City of Toronto, accompanied by police and security guards, cleared an encampment outside the Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields near College and Augusta streets on Thursday, after a fire hazard order from the fire department. @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...

Canadian charities complicit in helping fund Israeli settlement movement in West Bank, critics say | CBC News Tax deductible donations made by Canadians to groups that financially support West Bank settlements that are illegal under international law are continuing in the face of escalating attacks on Palesti...

A new CBC investigation reveals that Canadian charities continue to fund organizations, including the Israeli military, that support the ever-expanding settlements in the West Bank.

“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system."

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Six people arrested at second Dufferin Grove encampment clearing ‘Every effort has been made’ to care for encampment residents, ensure the public’s use of the park and to avoid enforcement, says the city’s head of shelter services.

Days after the City of Toronto brought in heavy machinery to clear a homeless encampment at Dufferin Grove Park, city staff and private security on Wednesday cleared the park again after people had promptly returned.

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Ontario’s public servants have been ordered back to the office. So why will Landlord and Tenant Board hearings stay virtual? Doug Ford told Ontario public servants to go back to work. So why isn’t the Landlord and Tenant Board?

Ontario’s public servants have been ordered back to the office. So why will Landlord and Tenant Board hearings stay virtual?

Legal clinics have been expressing their concerns for years.

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Nearly a third of people who have been homeless were evicted at some point, CMHC says A series of studies on evictions found Black and Indigenous renters are overrepresented in eviction cases, and people who have experienced eviction report the lowest levels of physical and mental

Key findings include that Black renters are overrepresented in eviction cases — making up 15% of the racialized population but 25% of evictions among racialized people — and that people who have been evicted report the lowest levels of physical and mental health. www.thestar.com/news/gta/nea...

Nearly a third of people who have been homeless were evicted at some point, CMHC says A series of studies on evictions found Black and Indigenous renters are overrepresented in eviction cases, and people who have experienced eviction report the lowest levels of physical and mental

Nearly a third of people who have been homeless were evicted at some point, a series of CMHC reports on eviction found www.thestar.com/news/gta/nea...

Independent UN commission finds that’s Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza *since* October 7.

The report was limited to Gaza, but raises the “serious concern” that Israel intends “to destroy the Palestinians as a whole.”

Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.

Are REITs good for housing? CMHC says we need more, raising concerns among some housing experts Critics say the national housing agency has drifted from its affordability mandate, while CMHC says it wants to increase housing supply while protecting tenants.

Are REITs good for housing? CMHC says we need more, raising concerns among some housing experts

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Around 100 households on rent strike and facing mass eviction reach ‘amicable agreement’ with landlord Tenants at 71, 75 and 79 Thorncliffe Park Dr. began withholding rent from landlord Starlight in May 2023.

About 100 Thorncliffe Park households have reached an agreement with Starlight Investments, seemingly ending a lengthy public battle that saw the working-class tenants withhold rent from Canada’s largest private landlord for two years.

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Leading genocide scholars organization says Israeli action in Gaza is genocide THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Trump administration restrictions on Palestinian visa applicants means nearly all would be refused Palestinian applicants who hold non-Palestinian Authority passports may also face difficulties should they need a U.S. visa.

Trump administration restrictions on Palestinian visa applicants means nearly all would be refused

iPro scandal: Groups representing 90,000 realtors call on province to reform RECO RECO said it's working with the insurer to expedite deposit and commission claims, with payments beginning Friday.

Groups representing about 90,000 Ontario realtors are calling on the province to reform the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) after the government said Thursday it would intervene in an “extensive review” of the regulator. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

Canada’s largest private landlord often dramatically increases eviction applications after acquiring buildings, study finds Starlight Investments filed 15 eviction applications per 100 units each year, while chain owned and managed properties filed seven applications per 100 units, a recent study found.

Starlight investments, Canada‘s largest private landlord, often dramatically increases eviction applications after acquiring buildings, study finds

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Financial firms file for eviction more than any other Toronto landlord, new research finds The research looked at more than 200,000 evictions and found financial firms pursue evictions at a rate 1.5 times higher than chain landlords and 2.5 times more than single-building landlords.

Researchers examined more than 232,000 eviction applications in Toronto from 2010 to 2019 across purpose-built rental apartments with 20 or more units. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...