Toronto landlord files to evict some tenants refusing to pay rent amid rent strike

The landlord of a Thorncliffe Park building where some tenants are on a rent strike has filed at the Landlord and Tenant Board to evict some of those who have been witholding payments.

The landlord of a Thorncliffe Park building where some tenants are on a rent strike has filed at the Landlord and Tenant Board to evict some of those who have been witholding payments.

More than 100 tenants at the three-building apartment complex on Thorncliffe Park Drive have been on a rent strike to protest above guideline rent increases (AGI) that would retroactively begin on May 1 if approved.

The proposed increase varies from a 4.94 per cent to 5.5 per cent rise, according to copies of 2022 and 2023 notices shared with CBC Toronto by the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations. Last year, the proposed increase at these buildings was 4.2 per cent.