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Landlord withdraws rent increase after tenant strike at Toronto apartment: organizers

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Tenant organizers at 75 Spencer Avenue in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood successfully stopped their landlord from implementing a five percent rent increase through a six-month rent strike. The original request was filed with the Landlord and Tenant Board in March after renovations were completed, but tenants argued these improvements did not warrant increased costs that would exceed Ontario’s maximum allowable 2.5% rent hike for rent-controlled buildings in 2025. Bryan Doherty of Parkdale Organize credits the direct action taken by tenants for their victory against rising housing costs.

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In March, tenants at 75 Spencer Avenue in Toronto's Parkdale neighborhood initiated a rent strike by withholding rent payments after their landlord applied for an above-guideline rent increase (AGI) of over 5.4%. The current maximum allowable rent increase for rent-controlled buildings in Ontario is 2.5% for 2025, but landlords can request higher increases to fund renovations and building improvements. The tenants argued that the renovations, such as upgrading the lobby and converting an office into a rental unit, did not directly improve their living conditions and made a 5.4% rent hike unaffordable.

After six months of withholding rent payments, tenant organizers from Parkdale Organize reported that the landlord, Metcap Living, had withdrawn the AGI application. The building was recently sold to a new owner in May, and tenants plan to confront them regarding ongoing issues. Tenant organizers attribute their success to forming an independent organization and directly confronting the landlord outside legal and political conventions.

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Metcap Living Ontario The Canadian Press Toronto the Landlord and Tenant Board

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“The rent strike won because our neighbours did the thing that everyone talks about but almost no one does: they formed an independent organization, stepped outside of legal and political convention, and directly confronted their landlord,” said Bryan Doherty of Parkdale Organize, a group that advocates for tenants.

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🔮 They argued that those projects hadn’t directly improved their living conditions so they shouldn’t have to cover the costs by way of a rent increase, and that a 5.4 per cent increase in their housing costs would be unaffordable.

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Landlord withdraws rent increase after tenant strike at Toronto apartment: organizers · assertive framing

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Tenant organizers say they have successfully beat back a landlord’s attempt to retroactively raise rents by over five per cent at a west-end Toronto apartment building. asserted

they → say → building

In March, tenants at 75 Spencer Avenue began withholding rent payments after their building’s property manager applied for an above guideline rent increase, or AGI. asserted

manager → begin → increase

After six months of the rent strike, tenant organizers say Metcap Living has withdrawn the application. asserted

Living → say → application

Get breaking National news The maximum allowable increase for rent-controlled buildings in Ontario was 2.5 per cent in 2025, but landlords can apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board for AGIs to fund renovations and building improvements. asserted

landlords → get → renovations

The tenants told The Canadian Press in February that the landlord had renovated the lobby and turned an office into a rental unit. asserted

landlord → tell → unit

They argued that those projects hadn’t directly improved their living conditions so they shouldn’t have to cover the costs by way of a rent increase, and that a 5.4 per cent increase in their housing costs would be unaffordable. asserted

increase → argue → costs

Organizers say the building in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood was sold to a new owner in May, and tenants travelled to Montreal last weekend to confront them over the rent increase. uncertain

tenants → say → increase

that → win → tenants