Category : Parkdale Rent Strike

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Parkdale Rent Strikers Demand Repairs for Neighbours

Posted on: June 16, 2017 /
Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Today rent strikers delivered a letter to Darren Shaw, MetCap property manager, to demand that the necessary repairs be completed in their neighbour’s unit. Rather than deal with his tenants Darren chose to run away. When tenants followed him down Tyndall Avenue asking when they could expect the work to be completed he refused to

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Parkdale Rent Strikers Occupy Landlord Tenant Board To Stop Above Guideline Rent Increase At 87 Jameson

Posted on: June 7, 2017 /
Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Today nearly 100 rent strikers and supporters occupied the Landlord and Tenant Board to protest the scheduled above guideline rent increase hearing on AIMCO and MetCap’s application against tenants at 87 Jameson. The occupation was successful and ensured the Board could not approve the increase today. Rent strikers understand the Board is set up to

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Rent strikers protest at home of Guy Alberga

Posted on: June 3, 2017 /
Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Today Parkdale rent strikers took their fight to MetCap’s front door, to the home of Guy Alberga, co-owner of four MetCap buildings including 87 Jameson. With tenants at 87 Jameson being dragged in front of the Landlord and Tenant Board on Wednesday on their landlord’s application to raise their rent by nearly 15% over three

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Parkdale Rent Strike Campaign

Posted on: May 2, 2017 /
Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Tenants in multiple MetCap buildings have been organizing for the last few months to fight rent increases and get repairs done in their units. MetCap has spent this time trying to ignore those tenants. It hasn’t been easy for MetCap to ignore the organizing going on in Parkdale and come May 1st it will be

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