The City of Toronto is reviewing their rental replacement policy––which outlines what developers are responsible for, and what tenants are entitled to, during a demoviction. A consultation process was initiated by the City Planning department (led by Dillon Consulting) at the end of 2024 to review rental replacement by-laws, which will be reported on to Planning and Housing Committee in the first quarter of 2025 (April 10th).
Three meetings were conducted with 'tenant organizations' and the 'development industry'. The tenant meetings took place in-person and virtually on November 12th, November 19th, and December 3rd. A final meeting was held with tenant organizations and the development industry on December 12th 2024.
While we are grateful for the opportunity to participate in the consultation process, there was not enough time to capture the complexity of the issues tenants face in the demoviction process. As a result, No Demovictions put together a document of recommendations that outlines how the City of Toronto’s Rental Replacement by-laws currently fail to adequately support displaced tenants, and in many cases, actively harm them. The ‘Recommendations’ section is broken into seven sections, each with their own subsections, that outline the issue, a short summary, and proposed solutions.
Every ‘Recommendation’ made in this document requires the collection of quantitative and qualitative data to ensure that any new measures being implemented are doing what they are intended to do. Policies should not remain static. If the implementation of new measures is not benefitting tenants in the way the policy intended, it should be re-evaluated.
The final report from City Planning will go to Planning and Housing Committee on April 10th.
Download our review and recommendations below:
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