#rent-control

#rent-control

"Any information you provide to the city - including your address, email and phone number - will become a matter of public record," an Oct. 20 letter from the park's attorney Paul Beard II warned of a questionnaire sent out by city staff. "If you decide to respond," it continued, "the park may need to depose you" as part of litigation between the two, and "it may be advisable for you to hire counsel."

The Ford government introduced a new housing bill on Thursday that it says would streamline approvals and let developers build homes more quickly. But buried in the legislation is a proposal for "alternative options to lease expiry rules that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long," including through adjustments to rental arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs or business strategies, according to the province's briefing slides Thursday.

This is rank corporate greed that Hoboken will not tolerate because it's having a direct impact on families in the city.

"With the passage of this first-in-the-state legislation, we are putting corporate landlords on notice: if you're using software like RealPage to coordinate rent hikes, you're breaking the law - and now, tenants and the city have the tools to hold you accountable."

"A landlord can choose to increase the rent 30% to 40% in some cases, that's come up a lot. That experience of not feeling you have control of your home, especially if you're a renter."