Tenant News: (VIEW BILL 109)

• Services for Tenants & Landlords
• Rental Housing in Toronto - Facts and Figures
• FMTA Outreach & Organizing - Application for a Tenant Defence Fund Basic Support Grant

• City should take advantage of federal infrastructure money, councillor says: Throne speech sets stage for Tuesday's budget - January 26, 2009
  By: David Nickle - InsideToronto.com

• Ontario Human Rights Commission's Report: Right at home: Report on the consultation on human rights and rental housing in Ontario - July 8, 2008

• Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program Fact Sheet - 2008

• Ontario's New Residential Tenancies Act - Briefing Document - May 2007

• Student Reporter's Article: "Tenant Champ, Councillor Walker" - Olivia Mann-Foster - March 9, 2007

• Ottawa Tenants Conference - VIEW REMARKS - March 24, 2007

• Remarks by Councillor Michael Walker to the Standing Committee on Central Government -
  Bill 109, Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 - June 5, 2006 - View Video Clip

• MEDIA RELEASE - Bureaucracy Whitewashes Councillor - March 16, 2006
  ....view the original whitewashed media release from the City's Corporate Communications Department
  ....view the revised media release - March 17, 2006

• MEDIA RELEASE - Tenants Need Real Rent Control Now - March 13, 2006

• CITY-WIDE TENANT FORUM
  Thursday, March 9, 2006 - 7:00 PM
  REFORM RENTAL HOUSING IN TORONTO - (view City of Toronto's site)

• View video footage from meeting:
  • Part 1 - 0h57m - 209 MB
  • Part 2 - 0h58m - 214 MB
  • Part 3 - 1h00m - 224 MB
  • Part 4 - 0h59m - 218 MB

• Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:19 PMFMTA Newsletter - Spring 2006

• Toronto Star - New rental legislation requires fine balance - February 26, 2006

• PACKAGE OF REFORMS (from our ward-wide flyer) - "Toward Real Rent Control" - December 2005

• Residential Tenancy Reform Consultation Paper (Province of Ontario) - Spring 2004
• Rental Housing in the City of Toronto to be at least 21 degrees Celcius - January 2004
• FMTA - Tenant's Survival Manual - 2004
• Rental Housing Policy Reform in Toronto - Recommendations to Provincial Government - Spring 2004
• City of Toronto Response to Provincial Rent Reform Consultation Questionnaire - May 2004
• Councillor Walker's Response to Provincial Rent Reform Consultation Questionnaire - May 2004

• Michael Walker's Tenant Newsletter - Winter 2003

• Real Rental Housing Policy for Ontario - Getting Back on Track - August 2001
• Municipal Property Assessment and Taxation - The Need for a Local Option - June 2001
• Letter to Planning and Transportation - Establishment of Abbeyfield Homes of Toronto - June 22, 2001
• Letter to the Tenant Defence Sub-Committee - Provincial Rent Roll Back - April 10, 2001

• Letter from Ms. Mary Ellen Bench, Director of Municipal Law - Rent Roll Back
• Letter to Ms. Paula Dill, Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services - Condo Conversion Applications - December 21, 2000
• Letter to Mr. Phil Brown, General Manager of Shelter, Housing and Support - Legality of a Rent Roll Back - December 18, 2000

• Establishment of a Tenant Defense Fund - November 23, 1999