Bill 170, Keeping People Housed Act, 2024 - Letter to the Deputy Leader, Green Party of Ontario

For 35 years, we have worked tirelessly at the intersection of human rights and housing, providing free services to renters facing evictions and human rights violations to remain housed, providing education and training about housing rights across Canada, and advancing rights-based housing policy through research, policy advocacy, and law reform. [...] In the absence of vacancy control in Ontario, landlords are incentivized to evict renters in order to charge much higher rents. [...] While building more housing supply is essential, new housing is not going to be built today, and in the absence of robust affordability requirements, it will not be affordable to most Ontarians. [...] • Greater supports for renters facing renovictions, which would reduce bad faith evictions and put greater onus on landlords to ensure renters have access to housing or adequate compensation if they are required to vacate their unit for renovations or repairs. [...] We welcome ongoing opportunities to provide our housing expertise and look forward to further discussions to ensure Ontarians can live in secure and affordable homes.