I want that sales office. It will look good perched on a rock cliff in Georgian Bay.

That's nonsense. City Hall has no control over supply and demand at all, let alone "tight" control. And developers do give a crap. They charge by the square foot, and if more people wanted larger sqft units, they would simply build them. If anything, the city is pushing developers for...

And that's an argument to not only keep that policy in place, but to expand it to include all rental units? Anyway, there are other reasons why there is record numbers of housing being sold and built, and very little of it in the form of purpose-built commercial rental buildings. It has to do...

I'm not missing that...I'm just saying we should be more responsible in our reproductive habits. Just because you want something, doesn't mean you should have it if you can't afford to maintain it. The world is no danger of running short of humans....just smart ones. First of all, I'm as...

Manulife is not a condo building...it's a single owner rental building, hence no monthly maintenance fees. This building includes utilities, cable and amenities in the monthly rent.

Sounds like the landlord has the option of either 3 months notice...or 2 months notice plus one month's rent (you already have their last month's rent deposit, so you credit them the second last month's rent).

I hate circular logic. You want the bigger home because you have created multiple dependants that require it. But you can't afford the bigger home, even after all the tax breaks and freebies society provides to those with dependants. Toronto developers build tons of small condos because they...

Ah...so the problem does not seem to be doctors, as they are all gay friendly. The problem is that you are a heterophobic patient. :p

Exactly. That's why removing rent controls allows you to target those who actually need the assistance, and allow the market to find a natural equilibrium, rather than have half paying artificially low rents and half paying artificially high rents based on how long you have lived in your unit...

What you are saying doesn't make a lot of sense. First of all, it's the "rules" that are bad. Secondly, it is discouraging people from being landlords, which is why we have a shortage of purpose-built rental units, and hence...our current dilemma. Third...how is selling the properties...

If you can't afford the multiple offspring, then may I suggest perhaps not having them, rather than expect society to subsidize your breeding habits. The world is overpopulated already, if you hadn't noticed.

Right...so what I have been saying is that the burden of subsidizing those that need social housing assistance should fall on the government as a tax-funded service. That's their job...Landlords are not social workers. The government is simply shirking their responsibilities off onto private...

Right...so the extra month I was talking about. Sounds reasonable.

There are consequences no matter what, including the status quo. Be more specific about who you are speaking of, and we can address that.

There's going to be another big problem if they do reduce the non-condo commercial rentals tax rates to residential rates. Two problems actually. The first and obvious one will be a huge reduction in tax revenue to the city which will have to be made up somewhere else. Secondly, since tax...

They can't prevent you or your immediate family from occupying your own property, so the most they could do is add to the notice time. I can see this going from 60 days to 90 days...same as notice for a rent increase. Tenants are going to need that extra month to look for an even harder to...

Oh sorry...thought you were enquiring about the status quo. What does vague comments about "tightening provisions", and "ensuring adequate compensation" mean? Absolutely nothing.

A Form N12 (Landlord's Own Use) requires a minimum of 60 days notice assuming the lease term expires within this time. A tenant could plead their case if they took it to the Board, and the Board could delay that termination if they found the hardship to the tenant to be severe enough. But...

Either they are incredibly great tenants...or the owner is a bad business person. That's one of the major problems people don't tend to take into consideration with all these condos representing a larger and larger percentage of the rental housing inventory....the vast majority are...

Until the City of Toronto passes such legislation (whom are responsible for property taxes), lip service from Queen's Park means little. At least it's encouraging to see it acknowledged.