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Posted September 19, 2024

Public Consultations on the New Renovictions Bylaw

Posted August 29, 2024

FMTA Newsletter 2023

Posted June 22, 2023

FMTA Tenant Summits

Posted June 20, 2023

Call for Board Nominations 2023

Posted May 09, 2023

International Union of Tenants - World Conference Statement

Posted April 24, 2023

FMTA launches New and Expanded services

Posted February 21, 2023

Free Tenant Association Memberships!

Posted November 24, 2022

RIP Ron Giblin

Posted October 13, 2022

Call for Nominations! Join the FMTA Board of Directors!

Posted April 26, 2022

Support the Toronto Apartment Rating System

Posted April 08, 2022

It's Time for Vacancy Rent Control

Posted October 12, 2021

Toronto Renters Forum is now live

Posted September 22, 2021

Call for Board Nominations 2021

Posted April 23, 2021

Resource: Are You Having Trouble Paying Your Rent?

Posted March 12, 2021

Press Release: FMTA Calls for Reinstatement of Eviction Ban NOW

Posted November 23, 2020

Register for our Next Virtual Tenant School

Posted November 10, 2020

New FMTA Report on Expropriation

Posted September 22, 2020

Eviction Impact of Bill 184 and COVID-19

Posted August 06, 2020

Covid Landlord-Survey Results

Posted June 29, 2020

AirBNB banned in Toronto

Posted June 26, 2020

FMTA Statement on Bill 184

Posted June 09, 2020

Rules Around Air Conditioners

Posted June 02, 2020

Is your building still facing an Above Guideline Rent Increase?

Posted April 20, 2020

Call for Nominations! Join the FMTA Board of Directors!

Posted April 20, 2020

National Call to Ban Evictions and Provide Renter Support

Posted March 25, 2020

COVID-19 Resources for Renters

Posted March 23, 2020

Current Campaigns to Help Tenants During Covid-19

Posted March 16, 2020

FMTA Office Shut Down

Posted March 16, 2020

City of Toronto COVID-19 Service Updates

Posted March 16, 2020

FMTA Releases New Report on Rent Control!

Posted January 30, 2020

Tenants fight eviction over AC

Posted January 29, 2020

FMTA Press Conference on Expiring AGI's

Posted January 29, 2020

New Guide Redesign

Posted June 20, 2019

Hotline down for Maintenance

Posted June 09, 2019

FMTA 2019 Annual General Meeting!

Posted May 29, 2019

Affordable Housing: Lessons For a New Decade of Housing Policy in Toronto

Posted May 05, 2019

Call for Nominations! Join the FMTA Board of Directors!

Posted April 22, 2019

Announcing The Second Annual FMTA Tenant Awards!

Posted April 17, 2019

FMTA on the Akelius Tenant Network

Posted March 24, 2019

Sign up for the upcoming Tenant School- March 30 and April 6!

Posted February 20, 2019

CHECK IF YOUR HOME IS LISTED ON THE N12 REGISTRY

Posted January 30, 2019

Reasonable Doubt: Winter Tips for Tenants

Posted January 20, 2019

FMTA back on TVO

Posted December 17, 2018

Toronto ACORN - Rally for Affordable Housing - December 4th

Posted November 25, 2018

Toronto Tenant Associations invited to Toronto Council on Aging AGM

Posted November 14, 2018

What Are My Tenant Rights after a Building/ Apartment Fire?

Posted September 04, 2018

How Toronto Landlords Use "Renovictions" to Force out Tenants

Posted September 03, 2018

VECC Intervenes in Hydro One Remotes

Posted July 14, 2018

Vulnerable Energy Consumer Coalition Achieves $8 Million in Savings for Low-Income Energy Consumers

Posted July 14, 2018

Registration is Now Open for the November 10 and 17, 2018 Tenant School- Free Training For Tenants! - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Posted June 25, 2018

Congratulations to "Tessler" winners from the First Annual FMTA Tenant Awards

Posted June 25, 2018

New FMTA Promo Video

Posted June 25, 2018

St Paul's Riding Election Debate!

Posted May 27, 2018

Tenants Say that Flimsy Law Leaves Door Open for "Renovictions"

Posted April 10, 2018

Announcing June 2018 Toronto Tenant School: Registration is Now Closed!

Posted April 04, 2018

Ombudsman Recommends Changes to Toronto's Winter Respite Services, Following Enquiry

Posted March 25, 2018

New Resource! The FMTA Tenant Organizing Manual - Now Available in Chinese!

Posted March 20, 2018

Ontario Taking Action to Improve Elevator Availability

Posted February 06, 2018

Above Guideline Rent Increases: The Law Has Changed

Posted February 06, 2018

Ontario Introduces New Easy-to-Understand Standard Lease

Posted February 06, 2018

New Resource: The FMTA's Guide to Renovations: What Tenants Need to Know

Posted January 25, 2018

Tenant Association Profile: 100 Wellesley Street Tenant Association

Posted January 16, 2018

Tenants Can Now Look Up Highrise Fire Inspection Information Online

Posted January 09, 2018

New Resource: A Guide to Living with Pests: Identification, Regulation and Treatment Options

Posted October 31, 2017

Tenant Association Profile: Centurion Properties Tenant Association

Posted October 18, 2017

New Resource: A Guide to Development and Planning at the City of Toronto

Posted October 05, 2017

City to review rules for apartment temperatures after heat wave

Posted October 05, 2017

More Changes under Ontario's Fair Housing Plan - Sept 2017

Posted September 19, 2017

Tenant Association Profile: Royal York Gardens Tenant Association

Posted September 14, 2017

Registration is Now Open for the November 18 and 25, 2017 Tenant School!

Posted September 04, 2017

Ontario's Fair Housing Plan- August Update

Posted August 29, 2017

Strength in Numbers: How Tenants Can Organize a Tenants Association

Posted August 29, 2017

Tips for First-time Student Renters!

Posted August 29, 2017

RIP Bonnie Briggs and Nick Volk

Posted August 28, 2017

Victory for Parkdale Tenants: Metcap Agrees to Lower Rent Increases

Posted August 15, 2017

Tenants of an East York Apartment Building Extatic After Landlord Reverses Position on Illegal Airconditioning Fee

Posted August 10, 2017

Tenant Association Profile: Leaside Towers Tenant Association

Posted July 25, 2017

New Resource: The Fire Code - An Overview for Tenants

Posted June 29, 2017

Tenant Association Profile: Widdicombe Place Tenant Association

Posted June 27, 2017

We're Hiring!

Posted May 23, 2017

Tenants’ religious rights violated by Brampton landlord who refused to remove shoes

Posted May 17, 2017

Questions and Answers: Ontario's Fair Housing Plan

Posted May 07, 2017

Upcoming Tenant School- Empowering Tenants Through Education

Posted May 01, 2017

Tenant Hotline Down for Maintenance

Posted April 30, 2017

Tenant Association Profile: Bretton Place Tenants Association

Posted April 27, 2017

Get Involved with the New Campaign Launched by the Toronto Alliance for Homelessness

Posted April 27, 2017

FMTA responds to Ontario's Fair Housing Plan

Posted April 19, 2017

Our Tenant Community Development Project is Back!

Posted April 17, 2017

Tenant Association Profile: Thorncliffe Park Tenants Association

Posted March 15, 2017

Victory for Tenants at 16 St. Joseph Street

Posted March 15, 2017

No Fixed Address: These Are Your Stories of Renting in Toronto

Posted March 15, 2017

Our Membership Drive is now on!

Posted March 07, 2017

RIP Howard Tessler (1952 - 2017)

Posted March 06, 2017

87 Jameson Tenants Fight Back to Challenge Rent Increases and Disrepair

Posted February 08, 2017

Toronto Man Says He Was Denied Room to Rent due to Muslim Ban

Posted February 08, 2017

Millennials denied Toronto condo rental due to their age

Posted January 29, 2017

Toronto tenants crushed by rent hike exemptions

Posted January 29, 2017

Tenant Association: High Park Tenants Association

Posted January 15, 2017

Tenant Association Profile: The Forest Park Circle Tenants' Association

Posted January 15, 2017

Nelson Clarke Memorial - 1982

Posted December 20, 2016

Landlord Licensing Passes City Council

Posted December 19, 2016

FMTA on Landlord Licensing

Posted December 19, 2016

Queen's Park Brings in Inclusionary Zoning

Posted December 19, 2016

Home renters are powerless. Here’s how to fix that - A TEDx talk by Yale Fox

Posted December 12, 2016

Testimonial: Facing Above Guideline Increases

Posted September 05, 2016

Tenant Association Profile: River Park Towers Tenant Association

Posted August 10, 2016

Kensington Market tenants at odds with landlord over rent hike

Posted August 10, 2016

City Consultations on Landlord Licensing this Month!

Posted August 10, 2016

Beat the Heat this summer!

Posted August 09, 2016

New rules for landlords sound good to tenant of much-lamented building

Posted August 07, 2016

Facing Eviction? Behind on your Rent? The Rent Bank Can Help

Posted July 11, 2016

Tenant Association Profile: Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network

Posted July 10, 2016

Ontario Announces 2017 Rent Guideline which is 1.5%

Posted June 20, 2016

A Look Inside 500 Dawes Road

Posted June 20, 2016

Launching landlordwatch.com! Toronto Landlords Ranked by Number of Maintenance Violations

Posted June 20, 2016

Provincial Government Discriminating Against Pets: Sign the Petition!

Posted June 20, 2016

Council Approves Next Steps Towards Landlord Licensing: Public Consultation Coming in the Fall

Posted June 20, 2016

FMTA Responds to Provincial Proposals to Encourage Small Landlords to Provide Rental Housing

Posted June 09, 2016

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: TENANT ACTION MEETING (JUNE 13)

Posted June 06, 2016

Thorncliffe Park Tenants Walk in Support of Landlord Licensing! Join Them on May 29!

Posted May 25, 2016

FMTA Annual General Meeting 2016!

Posted May 17, 2016

Introducing: The New FMTA Tenant Association Toolkit

Posted May 09, 2016

Proposed Changes To Residential Tenancies Act Has Advocates Alarmed

Posted May 01, 2016

Toronto considers apartment licensing to crack down on bad landlords

Posted April 17, 2016

2016 Federal Budget Boosts Funding for Affordable Housing

Posted April 04, 2016

Racist Landlords Are Making Toronto's Housing Crisis Worse

Posted March 30, 2016

Shining a light on Leases:Ten Important Tips for Tenants

Posted March 30, 2016

Ontario Government Proposes Transformative Changes to the Housing and Homelessness System

Posted March 14, 2016

Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Abuse in Ontario Can Now Break Leases More Easily

Posted March 14, 2016

Un Raises Concern Over Canada's Persistent Housing Crisis

Posted March 14, 2016

Tenants awarded $30,000 over vulgar posters

Posted March 09, 2016

Rough Rentals

Posted March 09, 2016

Tenants' Advocates Decry Proposal to Privatize Ontario Evictions

Posted March 09, 2016

New CERA Publication: Unlocking the AODA

Posted January 18, 2016

Syrian Refugees Face Discrimination, Barriers to Housing

Posted January 18, 2016

Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board Penalizes the Poor

Posted January 18, 2016

Understanding the Ontario Energy Support Program

Posted January 18, 2016

Peer Educator position with Dream Team available!

Posted January 12, 2016

Tenants: Dissatisfied with Services by your Electricity or Natural Gas Provider?

Posted January 05, 2016

We've Been Evicted!

Posted October 25, 2015

International Tenants Day 2015! Oct 22nd Forum on Repairs in Housing!

Posted October 06, 2015

2015 Federal Election: Housing and Homelessness Election Guide

Posted September 20, 2015

New Housing website Highlights Plight of Canadian Tenants

Posted September 20, 2015

Tenant Association Profile: West Liberty Livework TA

Posted September 09, 2015

Tenant Association Profile: Park Vista TA

Posted September 09, 2015

TENANT ASSOCIATION PROFILE: 45 DUNFIELD TA

Posted August 24, 2015

WoodGreen Housing Help Drop in Hours

Posted August 11, 2015

Ten Tips for Finding an Apartment in Toronto

Posted August 10, 2015

Environmental Sensitivities: What Are They and What Can Be Done About them?

Posted August 09, 2015

FMTA in the News: Tenants Told to Remove Airconditioning as Temperatures Soar

Posted August 05, 2015

FMTA in The News: Rental Scams

Posted July 27, 2015

Tenants work together, receive compensation after superintendents removed

Posted July 26, 2015

Most Common Landlord and Tenant Board Applications Can Now be Filed Online

Posted July 20, 2015

Metcap Perpetuates Peculiar Double Bind: Landlord Charging Two Months Rent After Evicting Tenants

Posted June 29, 2015

New Website Connects Abused Women To Shelters Across Canada

Posted June 21, 2015

TENANT ASSOCIATION PROFILE: EPITOME APARTMENTS TA (160 Huron St.)

Posted May 20, 2015

FMTA's Annual General Meeting & Tenant Assembly- 2015!

Posted May 05, 2015

Upcoming Forum: May 6th: Rental Housing; Can We Do Better?

Posted April 26, 2015

City of Toronto Rooming House Review: Survey

Posted April 21, 2015

Ontario Launches Public Consultations to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

Posted April 21, 2015

NEW AND UPDATED: WHAT TENANTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LAW

Posted March 30, 2015

NEW PROGRAM PROVIDING ON-BILL CREDIT TO LOW-INCOME ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS

Posted March 30, 2015

THE RENTAL GAP: IS TORONTO IN THE MIDST OF A RENTAL RENAISSANCE OR IS IT MORE OF THE SAME?

Posted March 30, 2015

Tenants Organize for Reduced Rent: Successful at Landlord and Tenant Board

Posted March 15, 2015

Changes Coming to the LTB

Posted March 15, 2015

Victory for German Tenants: Parliament Passes Law to Cap Exorbitant Rent Rises

Posted March 15, 2015

AUTOMATIC RENT REDUCTION 2015: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Posted December 16, 2014

NEW FUNDING ANNOUNCED FOR LEGAL AID ONTARIO

Posted November 18, 2014

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT: UPCOMING 2014 NATIONAL HOUSING DAY RALLY AND FORUM

Posted October 29, 2014

Thank You for Attending the 2014 Mayoral Forum on Housing and Homelessness

Posted October 29, 2014

REPORT: THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN CANADA 2014

Posted October 28, 2014

BALKISSOON: WHEN THE LANDLORD WANTS THE APARTMENT BACK

Posted October 28, 2014

2014 MAYORAL FORUM ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS!

Posted September 16, 2014

Next city council should address differences in rooming house rules across Toronto: committee

Posted September 15, 2014

Updates from the Landlord and Tenant Board

Posted September 03, 2014

2015 Rent Increase Guideline

Posted September 03, 2014

Landlord to pay $10,000 for denying teen apartment

Posted September 03, 2014

Tenants taking Akelius Canada to Landlord and Tenant Board

Posted September 03, 2014

RISING RENTS, INADEQUATE REPAIRS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD GENTRIFICATION:AKELIUS TENANTS RESIST TORONTO'S NEWEST CORPORATE LANDLORD

Posted August 12, 2014

Akelius Tenants March on Landlord

Posted June 29, 2014

1501 Woodbine Avenue Tenants Use Video To Document Repair Needs

Posted June 29, 2014

Thorncliffe Park may hold the keys to better voter turnout

Posted May 26, 2014

Tenant Issues Sub-Committee- Notice of Meeting

Posted May 26, 2014

The FMTA's 40th Annual General Meeting and Tenant Forum!

Posted May 19, 2014

Municipal Elections! Sign Up for voterlookup.ca

Posted May 19, 2014

New Membership Fee Structure

Posted April 27, 2014

Register for the FMTA Condo Tenants Association Webinar! April 15th at 7pm

Posted April 02, 2014

Learn More about the Condo Tenants Association!

Posted March 27, 2014

Pursuing a Judgment Against a Landlord in Ontario and the Case for Landlord Licensing

Posted February 12, 2014

Automatic Rent Reductions 2014: Frequently Asked Questions

Posted December 11, 2013

Cold Weather Blues: Heat, Leaks and Snow Removal

Posted December 11, 2013

FMTA Meet & Greet Event! Nov 29th at 1pm

Posted November 17, 2013

Affordable Internet for TCHC Residents

Posted September 26, 2013

FMTA International Tenants Day - Tenant Summit - 2013

Posted September 24, 2013

City of Toronto Addressing Basement Flooding Calls

Posted July 24, 2013

Brentwood Towers Tenant Association: Eliminate Above Guideline Increases for Tenants

Posted July 24, 2013

City of Toronto Seeking to Engage All Residents on Future of Housing Services for Vulnerable Tenants

Posted July 24, 2013

Bed Bug Reports in the City of Toronto

Posted July 07, 2013

2014 Rent Increase Cap Second Lowest in 35 Years Since 1975

Posted July 04, 2013

The FMTA's 39th Annual General Meeting!

Posted May 21, 2013

Volunteer with the FMTA

Posted April 21, 2013

Victory on Visitor Parking

Posted April 18, 2013

Ontario Trillium Foundation Funds New FMTA Services!

Posted April 18, 2013

New Resource! Demolitions, Conversions, Renovations and the Residential Tenancies Act

Posted April 11, 2013

Spotlight on Tenant Associations: Brentwood Towers Tenants' Association

Posted April 04, 2013

Spotlight on Tenant Associations: the West Lodge Tenants' Association

Posted March 29, 2013

New Resources! Renting a Place to Live

Posted March 23, 2013

New Resources! Multiple Language Brochures on City of Toronto Apartment Standards Guidelines for Processing Complaints

Posted March 22, 2013

New Resources! Is Your Landlord Trying to Evict You?

Posted March 22, 2013

Spotlight on Tenants' Associations: The Valley Woods Tenants Group

Posted March 20, 2013

Revisiting: Fairlease!

Posted March 14, 2013

Fight for Safe Housing: Rooming Houses in the Suburbs of Toronto

Posted March 13, 2013

Spotlight on Tenant Associations: The Parkdale Tenants' Association

Posted March 13, 2013

Spotlight on Tenant Associations: High Park Residents Association

Posted March 06, 2013

New Fee Waiver Proposed for Low-Income Tenants

Posted February 28, 2013

Spotlight on Tenant Associations: The East York Tenants Group

Posted February 28, 2013

New Resources: Not-for-Profit Incorporators Handbook

Posted February 14, 2013

When Can Your Landlord Evict You?

Posted January 17, 2013

Human Rights Legal Support Centre- Discrimination in Housing

Posted January 09, 2013

CLEO On the Radar- Human Rights: Discrimination in Housing

Posted December 17, 2012

Automatic Rent Reductions 2013: Questions and Answers

Posted December 10, 2012

FMTA in the News!

Posted November 28, 2012

HAPPY NATIONAL HOUSING DAY! THREE THINGS ALL CANADIANS SHOULD KNOW

Posted November 27, 2012

Connecting Communities Tenant School is Now Accepting Participants!

Posted November 14, 2012

New Resources!

Posted November 12, 2012

FMTA in the News!

Posted November 07, 2012

FMTA Launches Connecting Communities Tenant School

Posted October 29, 2012

Limits Set On Guideline Rent Increases

Posted June 25, 2012

City of Toronto Earmarks $250,000 for Bedbug Funding

Posted June 25, 2012

Is the heat getting you down? Start a heat registry!

Posted June 25, 2012

New Resources!

Posted June 06, 2012

FMTA's 38th Annual General Meeting

Posted May 22, 2012

Operation Maple Presents: Living with Bedbugs

Posted February 13, 2012

FMTA Exposes Bad Landlords

Posted February 07, 2012

Wellesley Institute on Human Rights and Zoning

Posted January 19, 2012

VECC and FMTA Save Millions in Hydro Costs for Toronto Tenants

Posted January 12, 2012

Support Your Federation!

Posted January 12, 2012

Automatic Rent Reductions 2012: Questions and Answers

Posted December 19, 2011

CMHC Releases Fall 2011 Rental Housing Report: Vacancy Rates Down

Posted December 13, 2011

AODA requirements change for businesses, including landlords, coming into effect January 1st, 2012

Posted December 06, 2011

CLEO Launches Legal Rights Website!

Posted November 15, 2011

Cold Weather Blues: Heat, Leaks and Snow Removal

Posted November 15, 2011

National Housing Day Rally in Toronto on Tuesday, November 22, 2011!

Posted November 15, 2011

Respect Scarborough! Saturday, December 3

Posted November 14, 2011

International Tenants Day Rally - Today!

Posted October 02, 2011

FMTA "State of the Unit" Report Released

Posted September 28, 2011

FMTA in the News in September

Posted September 28, 2011

Reminder - Register for Tenant Summit this Weekend

Posted September 26, 2011

Provincial Election Housing Fact Sheets - By Social Planning Toronto and voteforhousing.ca

Posted August 15, 2011

voteforhousing.ca - up and running!

Posted August 15, 2011

International Tenants Month! September 3rd to October 3rd - Updated!

Posted August 01, 2011

Guideline Amount Released for 2012 - 3.1%

Posted August 01, 2011

FMTA service users report back!

Posted August 01, 2011

FMTA in the News!

Posted August 01, 2011

Keep Toronto a Quality City! Depute at City Committees!

Posted July 19, 2011

Tenants for Social Housing: "City’s Budget Crisis Scapegoats Tenants"

Posted June 16, 2011

Reportback from the FMTA 2011 Annual General Meeting

Posted June 14, 2011

Air-Conditioners and The Law

Posted June 14, 2011

Ontario Housing Tribunal Issues a Report “Opening the Door to Fairer Housing Ads”

Posted June 14, 2011

Tenants' Rights Workshop for Newcomers & Service Providers

Posted May 31, 2011

FMTA 2011 Annual General Meeting!

Posted May 11, 2011

Endorse the Campaign to End Bed Bugs!

Posted April 25, 2011

Ontario Keeps Public Housing Veto

Posted April 20, 2011

City of Toronto to Consider Cutting Tenant Defence Fund Sub-Committee

Posted April 14, 2011

Tenant School 2011

Posted April 11, 2011

Action Alert! Help ensure that Ontario's social housing system changes for the better!

Posted March 20, 2011

Forum seeks an end to Canada’s housing crisis

Posted March 20, 2011

Tenant Defence Fund Budget Cut

Posted March 16, 2011

Toronto community housing CEO fired by new director after critical audits

Posted March 16, 2011

Highlights from the United Way's "Vertical Poverty" Report: Released January 2011

Posted January 30, 2011

FMTA Appeals to City Budget Officers to Save the Tenant Defence Fund

Posted January 30, 2011

Canadian Pensioners Concerned Appeals to City to Save Tenant Defence Fund

Posted January 30, 2011

Rabble Story on the Tenant Defense Fund Cuts

Posted January 13, 2011

Support Tenants! Stop Cuts to Tenant Services!

Posted January 13, 2011

"Tenants Catch Break With Lowest Hike Ever": January 2011

Posted January 09, 2011

Ontario Ombudsman's Office Calls for Improvements in Toronto's Property Standards Department: Nov. 2010

Posted December 22, 2010

"Rent cut coming for thousands of T.O. tenants": TORONTO SUN, Dec. 10, 2010

Posted December 15, 2010

MPP Gilles Bisson Calls for Rent Control: Dec. 8, 2010

Posted December 15, 2010

Add Your Name to the FMTA Agent List!!!

Posted December 01, 2010

FMTA Response to Toronto Sun Column

Posted November 29, 2010

FMTA Helps Tenant Get Building Audited

Posted October 26, 2010

Landlord-aid company boss, exposed by FMTA, guilty on 11 charges

Posted October 26, 2010

More City Councillor Housing Survey Results

Posted October 20, 2010

FMTA Press Release: Mayoral Candidates Leave Toronto Tenants Defenseless

Posted October 14, 2010

Toronto Vital Signs 2010: Report includes stats on housing affordability

Posted October 12, 2010

Private Member's Bill addressing bed bugs, landlord licensing, and other tenant protection

Posted October 12, 2010

October 19: Day of Action for a Federal Housing Strategy

Posted October 12, 2010

FMTA Joins One Toronto Campaign

Posted October 07, 2010

More FMTA in the news!

Posted September 29, 2010

City Election is coming! Attend a Housing Forum at St. Stephen's Community House

Posted September 29, 2010

Toronto Zoning By-Law passed Aug 27

Posted September 22, 2010

Tenant Issues in the News!

Posted September 22, 2010

New links and resources

Posted September 22, 2010

311 Emergency After Hours Service

Posted September 22, 2010

Rent Increase Guideline for 2011 is 0.7%

Posted September 15, 2010

Bed Bug Summit

Posted September 15, 2010

Time to Turn on the Heat!!

Posted September 15, 2010

Get on the Voters List!

Posted August 15, 2010

Announcement from the FMTA

Posted July 12, 2010

FMTA is on Flickr!

Posted May 17, 2010

FMTA 36th Annual General Meeting

Posted May 13, 2010

The Thousandth Tower: Stories from Inside a Toronto Suburban Highrise

Posted May 12, 2010

"Your Rights. Your Language: Renting A Place to Live" Multi-lingual Audio and Written Materials for Tenants.

Posted May 12, 2010

Join the FMTA in making sure the HST doesn't hurt tenants!

Posted May 12, 2010

The Thousandth Tower: Stories from Inside a Toronto Suburban Highrise

Posted May 12, 2010

How to Respond to Variance Applications

Posted April 28, 2010

Federal Privacy Commissioner Upholds FMTA Complaint

Posted April 27, 2010

FMTA Joins Public Transit Coalition

Posted April 27, 2010

FMTA Board Responds to Toronto Star Article

Posted April 23, 2010

Federation Submission on Energy Consumer Protection Act

Posted March 23, 2010

FMTA presents: The Tenant School!

Posted March 21, 2010

FMTA in the News!

Posted March 16, 2010

FMTA in the News!

Posted February 10, 2010

New Resources Available!

Posted February 10, 2010

FMTA Joins Facebook!

Posted February 10, 2010

Organizer and Outreach Position - Jobs

Posted February 07, 2010

Eviction Prevention TCHC - Our Submission to Justice Lesage

Posted January 26, 2010

Automatic Rent Reductions: Questions and Answers

Posted December 22, 2009

FMTA on Rent Reductions

Posted December 20, 2009

Information on New Legislation Dealing with "Smart" Metering and Energy Retailers

Posted December 14, 2009

nearly homeless

Posted November 15, 2009

Policy on Human Rights and Rental Housing -Ontario Human Rights Commission

Posted October 12, 2009

Toronto is the least affordable city for housing in Canada

Posted October 08, 2009

FMTA in the News!

Posted October 06, 2009

HST letter to Finance Minister

Posted September 14, 2009

New! Smart Sub-Metering Resources

Posted August 31, 2009

Questions, Answers and Info about the smart meter decision

Posted August 30, 2009

Ontario Energy Board decision on smart sub metering licencing

Posted August 13, 2009

Rent Control Story in the Toronto Star

Posted July 22, 2009

Updated! - New Language Guides Available!

Posted July 14, 2009

Walmer Road Tenants Win Smart Meter Case

Posted July 09, 2009

FMTA Fundraiser a smashing success

Posted July 09, 2009

Joe Fiorito speaks at FMTA AGM

Posted July 09, 2009

Landlord and Tenant Board Telephone Hearings Halted

Posted July 06, 2009

Government Announces Rent Increase Guideline of 2.1%

Posted June 17, 2009

Reply from the Landlord and Tenant Board

Posted June 17, 2009

Submission to the Ontario Energy Board on Hydro Sub-Metering

Posted May 27, 2009

Letter to the Chair of the Landlord and Tenant Board

Posted May 13, 2009

Bed Bug Story in Now Toronto

Posted April 29, 2009

FMTA in the News!

Posted April 28, 2009

Discrimination in Rental Housing - OHCR

Posted April 05, 2009

Our submission to the Ontario Human Rights Commission about Human Rights in Rental Housing

Posted March 18, 2009

The Residential Tenancies Act replaced the Tenant Protection Act on January 31st, 2007

Posted March 18, 2009

Our submission to Miloon Kothari, the UN Special Rapporteur on Housing

Posted March 18, 2009

World Urban Forum

Posted June 22, 2006

Fighting to end vacancy decontrol

Posted June 04, 2006

Evictions on the Rise in Ontario

Posted February 19, 2006

Response to the Ontario Human Rights Commission Discussion paper on Human Rights and Family in Ontario

Posted July 21, 2005

Reply from the Minister of Housing

Posted May 26, 2005

Open Letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Posted May 23, 2005

Tenants Could Lose Millions of Dollars in Interest Payments

Posted September 01, 2004

Letter on Property Tax Policies

Posted August 18, 2004

Rent Guideline Announcement - Better But More Needed

Posted August 12, 2004

RENTS WILL STILL INCREASE IN ONTARIO

Posted April 21, 2004

Federation Releases Redprint - Calls for Immediate Moratorium on Rent Increases

Posted December 03, 2003

FEDERATION CAUTIOUS AND WATCHFUL OF LIBERAL RENT CONTROL POLICY

Posted September 29, 2003

RELIEF TIME FOR TENANTS

Posted August 27, 2003

NO RENT CONTROL FOR DOGS EITHER

Posted June 02, 2003

Letter on Eviction of SARS victims

Posted May 05, 2003

SARS VICTIMS NEED PROTECTION FROM EVICTION

Posted May 05, 2003

RENTAL TRIBUNAL AWARDS LANDLORD 14.6% INCREASE WITHOUT EVIDENCE AND WITHOUT A HEARING

Posted March 01, 2003

ERNIE, WHAT ABOUT TENANTS?

Posted November 11, 2002

Resolutions from the Tenant Summit

Posted October 25, 2002

2003 Guideline anounced and denounced

Posted August 29, 2002

Letter on Rent Increases

Posted August 28, 2002

Court rules against tenants on heat increase appeal

Posted August 25, 2002

Tenant Day

Posted May 31, 2002

Tenant Summit IV

Posted May 03, 2002

FMTA demands resignation of Tribunal Chair

Posted February 27, 2002

City of Toronto Rental Housing Forum

Posted November 25, 2001