Ford just passed legislation allowing landlords to evict people easier during the pandemic.
That won't be popular.
It won't be popular with tenants and landlords that have been taking advantage of the current laws...seems reasonable:
From bill 184:
1. Compensation from Former Tenants
Currently, landlords are permitted to apply under Sections 87 and 89 of the RTA for the purpose of seeking compensation for rental arrears, overholding or damage to a rental unit where a tenant remains in actual possession of the rental unit beyond the expiry date of the lease. Bill 184 proposes to expand the application of these sections by permitting landlords to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (the “Board”) for this purpose after the tenant vacates the unit, as long as the application is made within one year of the date that the tenant vacated.
Additionally, Bill 184 would permit landlords to apply to the Board to seek compensation with respect to a tenant interfering with another tenant’s reasonable enjoyment of the residential complex, as well as a tenant’s failure to pay any utility costs for which it was responsible, within one year from the date that the former tenant vacated the rental unit.
As such, landlords will be pleased to learn that they may no longer be restricted from pursuing a former tenant for compensation after the tenant has vacated the rental unit.
2. Improperly increased rents deemed not void
Currently, Section 135(1) of the RTA provides that a tenant or former tenant of a rental unit may apply to the Board for an order requiring the landlord to pay the tenant any money that the landlord collected as rent in contravention of the RTA, whether as a result of improper notice of a rental increase or a rental increase above the prescribed guideline amount set out by the Ontario Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs on an annual basis, provided that the application seeking such order was filed with the Board no more than one year after the illegal rent was paid.
Bill 184 proposes that a tenant cannot seek reimbursement for an improper rental increase if the tenant has already paid the increased rent for at least twelve consecutive months, provided that the tenant did not make an application to the Board challenging the validity of that rental increase within one year from the date that the rental increase was first charged.
3. Increased Cost Consequences of Terminating a Tenancy in Bad Faith
Currently, if the Board concludes that a landlord has acted in bad faith in terminating a tenancy under Sections 48, 49 or 50 of the RTA by reason of the landlord’s personal use, a purchaser’s personal use, or for demolition, conversion or substantial renovation, the Board may order the landlord to compensate the former tenant for: (i) any portion of increased rent that it has incurred or will incur for a one-year period after vacating the rental unit; and (ii) reasonable out-of-pocket moving, storage or similar expenses incurred, as well as an administrative fine not exceeding $35,000.00.
Bill 184 proposes to supplement these potential penalties by permitting the Board in this context and in the Board’s discretion to also require the landlord to compensate its former tenant(s) in an amount equal to up to twelve months’ rent at the monthly rate last charged by the landlord to that tenant.
THose are a few points, more here:
https://www.torkinmanes.com/our-resources/publications-presentations/publication/what-landlords-need-to-know-about-bill-184-and-prospective-amendments-to-ontario-s-em-residential-tenancies-act-2006-em?utm_source=Mondaq&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=LinkedIn-integration
https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-184