Saturday, August 24, 2013
BILL 14 UPDATE
This extremely important link was forwarded to me by a follower of my blog:
http://www.nlstoronto.org/3/post/2013/06/co-operative-housing-eviction-and-rent-geared-to-income-rgi-subsidies.html
This does not bode well for co-op members. Members will not be able to challenge incorrect subsidy calculations, or retraction of their subsidies, at the Landlord Tenant Board (LTB). Members will not be able to contest phoney fines at the LTB. The co-op could inflict arrears on a member and, with certainty, evict the pesky member in a flash.
This will be turnstile evictions and as I've said before victims will be piling up at the gates.
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It's all well and good that there's some kind of system available in Toronto to challenge subsidy calculations. What about other cities?
ReplyDeleteI wondered about the wording in Bill 14. Couldn't figure out if it meant LTB could not hear eviction cases where subsidy calculations involved. Or did it mean as article suggests, member facing eviction couldn't raise issue.Based on article, it seems the latter applies.
IIRC, appeals of LTB decisions can be appealed only to Divisional Crt on question of law. Somehow I doubt Court would grant appeal (on sole issue of whether subsidy calculation c/b challenged) because original decision following law as it exists --- like it or not. If there was precedent for overruling LTB decision, I'd figure law would have been amended by now.
NLS in their previous blog post stated that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing expect co-op evictions to triple under the new legislation.
ReplyDeleteNSL goes on to state that co-ops will be able to create new by-laws which would allow for evictions and that "there is a danger that evictions will cease to be a remedy of last resort for co-ops and will instead become a management tool..."