City prepares to crack down on bad landlords
The city is preparing a response to bad landlords involving certification for owners of more than six units. I have a feeling that loopholes, numbered shell companies and other legal folderol will thwart this plan.
Ian 13:16 on 2021-12-26 Permalink
As many others have noted this lets anyone who owns a triplex (you know those things most people in central Montreal live in) fly under the radar. Worth noting, many elected members of Projet Montreal are landlords. The fix is in.
Ephraim 13:19 on 2021-12-26 Permalink
The city should incentivize it in some way. For example, you are required to do it to get the lower residential rate and that if you don’t, you are charged commercial as we assume you are renting under AirBnB/monthly or empty.
DeWolf 13:41 on 2021-12-26 Permalink
Are owner-occupiers really the problem, Ian? The real exploitative landlords aren’t the ones who own a single triplex.
Ian 13:49 on 2021-12-26 Permalink
Not all, but some – and a sixplex seems rather arbitrary since the majority of rental stock falls under that cutoff. I know several people that have been renovicted by owner-occupiers or by landlords that owned a single triplex.
EmilyG 20:40 on 2021-12-26 Permalink
Yeah, I was somewhat renovicted by a landlord who owned a triplex. He lived below me and was very abusive to me, in addition to not ever fixing anything before the renovations. I guess there isn’t any way he would face consequences for any of the things he did.
EmilyG 20:41 on 2021-12-26 Permalink
(I meant a sixplex, or a building with 6 units. I’m not sure of the terminology.)