{"id":2295,"date":"2017-04-10T14:46:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T18:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2017-04-11T00:48:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T04:48:12","slug":"31-ssm-seniors-hit-with-31-rent-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/10\/31-ssm-seniors-hit-with-31-rent-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"31 SSM Seniors hit with 31% rent hike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apr 10, 2017 @ 14:46<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Premier Kathleen Wynne\u2019s Liberals and the Conservatives refused to support an NDP bill that would protect renters from unfair, unreasonable rent hikes. Now, 31 seniors in Sault Ste. Marie are appealing to Wynne to change her mind and pass the bill immediately, as they\u2019re facing a 31 per cent rent increase.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are all senior citizens living on a fixed income and are faced with the problem of where the funds will be coming from to pay this substantial rent increase,\u201d wrote senior Clarence Bax in a letter sent to Wynne, and signed by dozens of his neighbours. The letter pleads with Wynne to pass the NDP\u2019s rent control bill, and extend protection to all renters.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy refusing to support this bill, Premier Wynne is putting partisan, political games ahead of the well-being of 31 seniors in Sault Ste. Marie, along with renters all over the province,\u201d said MPP Peter Tabuns. \u201cI don’t think she understands how urgent the situation is for renters facing increases that could drive them from their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tabuns\u2019 Bill 106,\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0Rent Protection for All Tenants Act,\u00a0<\/em>would provide rent-hike protection for all renters by immediately closing a loophole that allows landlords in buildings built later than 1991 to hike rents as much as they want. The private member\u2019s bill, tabled in mid-March, could be passed by unanimous consent in the legislature immediately if Wynne, her Liberals and the Conservatives wanted to ban unfair rent hikes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are asking you to support Mr. Tabuns\u2019 Bill 106 which would eliminate the dramatic rent increase we and 150,000 Ontarians are facing,\u201d wrote Mr. Bax in closing his letter to Wynne.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want Wynne to hear what Mr. and Mrs. Bax and their neighbours are facing,” said Tabuns. “The cost of housing — and certainly these unreasonable increases — are pushing people to their breaking points. It’s time for the Wynne government to stop dragging their feet, and stop ignoring what everyday families are dealing with.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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