LandlordWatch.com was launched Wednesday by ACORN Canada and RentLogic. The site uses City of Toronto data to rank what it calls Toronto’s “worst” landlords and properties by the number of violations issued by city inspectors.
LandlordWatch’s list of most-cited buildings, ranked by violations issued by city inspectors since 2014:
1. 500 Dawes Rd. — Havcare Investments Inc. — 174 violations
2. 1501 Woodbine Ave. — Arsandco Investments Inc. — 145
3. 104-105 West Lodge Ave. — Bnai Fishel Corp. — 138
4. 275 Bleecker Street — Toronto Community Housing Corporation — 130
5. 15 Eva Road — IMH 15 Eva Ltd. — 83
6. 34 Heydon Park Road — Gupta Rakesh, Gupta Swarash — 82
7. 650 Parliament Street — Parwell Investments Inc. & Bleeman Holdings Inc. — 79
8. 126 Bellamy Road North — 2255761 Ontario Limited, Bell-Am Apartments Limited — 76
9. 125 Lawton Blvd. — Robertson, Alexander —73
10. 20 Pell Street — Raimondo Puopolo Corp. — 64
To read more about 1501 Woodbine and the living conditions there, visit:
http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/05/18/life-at-one-of-the-most-cited-buildings-in-toronto.html