Tenant Organizing Group Responds to Bill 60 Passing
- No Demovictions
- 11 hours ago
- 2 min read
No Demovictions condemns the Ford government’s passage of Bill 60–which was rammed through the legislature on Monday, November 24th, without a Standing Committee, without public input, or meaningful consultation with tenants or the organizations who work with them.
This government ignored the warnings that were raised in our formal submission: that Bill 60 will gut security of tenure, make evictions easier, accelerate homelessness across Ontario, and hand even more power to corporate landlords already profiting from the displacement of long-term tenants.
Bill 60 was drafted with landlord lobbyists in mind– not the millions of Ontarians who rely on stable, affordable rental housing. It represents an “evict first, ask questions later” overhaul of Ontario’s rental laws, which will accelerate evictions, strip tenants of access to justice at the Landlord and Tenant Board, shorten the time tenants have to pay arrears or request reviews, and give landlords new tools to remove tenants with fewer safeguards and less oversight.
Many of these changes– such as shortening rent arrears notice from 14 days to 7, removing compensation requirements for landlord’s own use evictions, and forcing tenants to pay 50% of alleged arrears just to raise maintenance issues at a hearing– will push economically vulnerable renters directly into homelessness.
The contempt for tenants was on full display when Premier Doug Ford responded to a protester in the gallery by telling them to “get a job.” This is a stunning insult from a premier whose own employment history depends entirely on his father’s business and entry into political life. It is emblematic of a government that refuses to listen to renters, even as it rewrites housing law at their expense.
Bill 60 will make our housing crisis worse, by making evictions easier and putting already vulnerable tenants at further risk. No Demovictions will continue to organize, mobilize, and fight alongside tenants, tenant advocacy organizations, and allied groups across Ontario to challenge this government’s reckless and harmful agenda, advocating for legislation that meaningfully engages with and listens to tenants.
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