Low Income, Housing & Tenant Rights

If you need help filing your taxes, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says some Canadians may be eligible for free assistance.

The Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT) is a co-operative association made up of member housing co-ops and related organizations in the Durham, Toronto and York Regions.

Dismissing Canada’s rental crisis as nothing but a supply-demand issue overlooks the fact that a small group of landlords dominates the rental market and exploits tenants. As rents become extortionate, Canadian landlords are reaping record profits.

The largest tenant union in the country is responding quickly and passionately to the devastation of the Los Angeles fires. The LA Tenants Union is demanding not just enforcement of existing California protections against price gouging of rental homes, but a moratorium on evictions and a rent freeze, all while tenants are coming together with heroic levels of mutual aid. But these steps will only mitigate a perpetual struggle, as union co-founders Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis write in their new book “Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis.” “Why do tenants wake up every month and have to pay rent?” they ask.

Homelessness has risen sharply since 2023, new data show. The research is clear: rental assistance promotes housing stability and is

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Torontonians are sharing their hacks for saving money on everyday items as the cost of living continues to put stress on people's finances.

One quarter of residents in the French capital now live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive effort to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.

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The city of renters has spoken decisively in a referendum that could have a huge impact not just in Germany’s capital but across Europe.

Hamilton, Ont. recently passed a bylaw that would require landlords to obtain a licence in order to proceed with repairs that require the ending of a tenancy to do so.

With rising rents and house prices making it increasingly harder to find a place to live, some are pointing the finger at Canada's record-level immigration rates.

Some Ontario landlords are sitting on thousands of dollars of interest accrued by rental deposits and in some cases, also asking renters to fork over cash as often as every year in a process some advocates are calling "double-dipping."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjP8AWD_Ik A Good Place to Call Home Housing co-ops are in every neighbourhood in the city. A co-op can be a medium size apartment building or townhouses. People who live in co-ops come from every walk of life. They are people with different backgrounds, va

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Your landlord must give the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) a declaration or affidavit from the person who wants to move into your rental unit. A

Learn about the temporary changes to residential rental processes, and where landlords and tenants can get more help.

Welcome to ONTA ONTA helps tenants and landlords become informed about the rules and regulations found within the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. If you’re looking for rentals in Toronto, check out our friends over at Toronto Home Zone. Please have a look around, check out our About Page if […]

How long can tenants afford to wait for city to act, ask advocates.