Rental Housing Protection By-law

The Rental Housing Protection By-Law 0121-2018 was approved by Council in June 2018 to protect the City’s rental housing supply. Rental housing is an important part of the City’s Housing Strategy.

The by-law requires a Section 99.1 Permit for the conversion of rental units to condominium ownership and the demolition of rental units.

Applications for conversion or demolition of rental units after January 1, 2019, that have not received Council approval before June 1, 2019, will need a permit.

The by-law applies when:

• There are six or more existing purpose-built rental units
• The City’s vacancy rate is below 3% (current vacancy rate is 1.8%)
• Rents are 1.75 times average market rent or lower

The following table shows the average market rents by units in 2023:

Unit type	Average market rent	1.75 x average market rent
Bachelor	$1,102	$1,929
One bedroom	$1,625	$2,844
Two bedroom	$1,855	$3,246
Three bedroom	$1,967	$3,442

 

Guidelines for conversion of rental units

• 1 to 1 retention
• Units retained for 20 years
• At similar rents

Guidelines for demolition of rental units

• 1 to 1 replacement
• By type of unit (same number of bedrooms)
• At similar rents

Options to replace demolished units include replacement:

• On-site
• Off-site in a comparable location
• Cash-in-lieu not permitted on properties along Hurontario Street and Dundas Street

Contact us

For more information, call 311 (905-615-4311 outside City limits).

Documents

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  Rental Housing Protection By law 0121 2018

  Jun 18, 2019