City council rejects Toronto-style inspections for London, Ont. apartments
During the meeting, Ward 4 Coun. Jesse Helmer motioned to have city staff bring forward a business case for a RentSafe London program, so that it could be considered during deliberations for the city’s next multi-year budget, which would cover 2024 to 2027.
“This is our way of pointing the new council in a particular direction and hopefully have them go down that route,” added Ward 5 Coun. Maureen Cassidy, who seconded Helmer’s motion.Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board’s ‘digital first’ system harms vulnerable renters: advocate “I see this as mostly administrative. We’re creating a bigger government and not really getting a lot out of it,” van Holst added.
Soon after, council voted to receive the information contained in city staff’s report, however no other action was made on the matter.Speaking with Global News after Tuesday’s vote, London ACORN member Jordan Smith said he was “tremendously disappointed, but at this point not all that surprised.”
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