Bill 134 - the Fair Rent Increases Act introduced by David Caplan, MPP Don Valley East Liberal Housing Critic

Bill 134 - the Fair Rent Increases Act
introduced by David Caplan, MPP Don Valley East Liberal Housing Critic

April 17 , 2002

Bill 134, the Fair Rent Increases Act introduced by David Caplan, M.P.P. Don Valley East Liberal Housing Critic, will be debated the first Thursday morning after the throne speech during Private Member's Business.

This bill, when passed, would amend the TPA in two major ways. First, this bill would ensure that rents are not increased beyond the guidelines if there are outstanding work orders (the former OPRI provisions). Currently, landlords are still able to apply for above guideline rent increases even if their building is in disrepair. Second, this bill would ensure that AGI's are rolled back if the landlord either ceases to incur the costs that justified the increase - capital repairs or extraordinary utility cost increases for example - or if a mutually agreed upon increase meets those conditions.

To download the copy of the bill, follow this link for Word version or this link for PDF version.

To download the related petition that David Caplan has been circulating (he has several thousand signatures to date) follow this link ... Petition

Please contact your local MPPs by fax/phone/e-mail and encourage them to support Bill 134 when it is debated.

Also, please send letters of support to David Caplan fax at 416-325-3968, by mail to Rm 330, Main Legislative Building, Queen's Park, M7A 1A4 or by e-mail to david_caplan-mpp@ontla.ola.org.

Details are also available on his website at www.davidcaplan.ca. Questions can be directed to me also at the above numbers or by phone at 416-325-3607.