During a Question Period March 8, Mrs. Savoline asked Minister Bartolucci why the McGuinty Liberals have done nothing to modernize the rent dispute process in Ontario. Savoline says the Minister refused to answer the question.
The Minister claims that the McGuinty Liberals have “struck the balance that is good for landlords and good for tenants.” A recent study released by the Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) shows otherwise. According to the report, the majority of tenants, 69 per cent, are in favour of making it easier to evict tenants who are not paying their rent, and 86 per cent of tenants favour a quicker eviction process for tenants causing damage.
My wife & I are small landlords (2 properties only) in the Durham Region (just east of Scarborough, Ontario). We recently were forced to go through the eviction process (which took 5 months) to evict with a sherrif. Not to mention the almost $ 5000 in lost rent, utility payments & damage repairs.
What these government branches fail to understand, is this: Given the upcoming Federal election, do the liberals honestly expect that we will vote for any Liberal candidates when the ignorance demonstrated by this party clearly demonstrates they are not looking out for the best interests of Landlords who stick their neck out to risk financing a legal duplex, only to have to dip into personal savings to pay for expenses created by evicted tenants (how choose not to pay rent or utilities)!!
Clearly out of Touch with the reality of the situation!