Gentrification and its bad ideas
Gentrification is arriving in Park Ex like a steamroller, although I’m told the facts are somewhat different than given here: “The city voted $4.25 million for the bakery site but didn’t want to pay for decontamination, so after a year of trying to negotiate, the owner sold it as-is to Montoni for $4.7 million. All this information is public.”
Along with that jolly news comes the CAQ, saying it’s “studying” allowing landlords to demand a security deposit. If you know anyone living in a place where these are allowed, you’ll know that the tenant never gets them back. A landlord can always find a reason – you walked on these floors, you wore out the sink washers or the door hinges, there’s paint rubbed off this corner, look. But putting up an additional barrier to the worse off among us is par for the course for Legault & Cie.
Roman 21:55 on 2019-07-02 Permalink
I’ve gotten my security deposit beck 5 out of 5 times in Ontario.
Ian 22:40 on 2019-07-02 Permalink
I’m from Ontario, never got mine back once including my 6 year hiatus in Toronto in the 90s.
dwgs 00:39 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
I rented in Ontario for years, never got mine backin cash but it was good to use it for last month’s rent when you were saving your pennies for the coming move.
CE 10:07 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
I rented an apartment in another province years ago and when I left, the landlord made up a list pretty much the same as Kate’s which added up to more than the deposit. He forgot to send the bill and sent a collection agency after me. I paid it all but only because I was 19 and and was intimidated and didn’t know how to fight it. I can only imagine how a recent immigrant would feel in the same situation.
Ephraim 20:02 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
I’m not sure how this would play out with the rental board. Holding on to deposits, might in the end be more trouble than it’s worth, if they have to show up at the rental board and prove that they did these repairs and provide bills for it.