Results: Renovictions and Demovictions
Published on 04/29/2023
You may not be familiar with these terms but they are a hot news topic now in Toronto where I live. They refer respectively to renters being forced out of properties because the owner wants to renovate in order to get higher rent or sells to someone who wants to demolish the property and build something larger. There are also, of course, private dwellings which are taken by imminent domain. In the case of renters in a horribly expensive city like Toronto, this has forced many into homelessness.
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1.
Which of the following situations have ever happened to you? I have been forced to leave a rental property because the owner wanted to renovate it
5%
118 votes
I have been forced to leave a rental property because the property was sold and was going to be torn down
5%
112 votes
I have been forced to leave a rental property because it was sold and the new owner raised the rent to a level I could not afford
6%
128 votes
I have been forced to sell a primary residence due to imminent domain
2%
34 votes
Not Applicable
82%
1809 votes
Whether or not any of these specific situations apply, have you ever become homeless due to loss and rent increase of a dwelling and not being able to another?
4%
86 votes
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2.
If any of the specific situations occurring in the question above applied to you, were you offered compensation, whether or not it was adequate? A temporary place to live
4%
78 votes
Guaranteed housing when renovation was complete
3%
76 votes
Guaranteed housing in a new building
3%
70 votes
Guaranteed rent at the same level
2%
49 votes
Guaranteed availability of a new condo unit if you were previously a renter
2%
33 votes
Not Applicable
89%
1949 votes
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3.
What should municipalities be able to prevent (with their own rules not overwritten by federal or state / provincial governents)? Conversion of rental units or entire buildings into condominiums
15%
327 votes
Demolition of an occupied rental building which is is good condition
23%
496 votes
Forcing a tenant to leave due to renovations
22%
487 votes
None of the above; let the free market take its course
16%
362 votes
No opinion on this matter
50%
1101 votes
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4.
Conversely, I you have ever been a landlord, have any government restrictions or bureaucracy prevented you from evicting a tenant for one or more of the following reasons? Non-payment of rent
7%
143 votes
Criminal activity
4%
77 votes
Destruction of property
5%
109 votes
Smoking or cannabis use against rules of the lease
4%
82 votes
Too many adults living in the unit
3%
61 votes
Too many people, including children living in the unit (many cities prevent landlords from discrimination by family size)
2%
46 votes
You have moral objections to the tenants (may be overwritten in most places by anti-discrimination rules)
2%
34 votes
Other reason I wanted to evict a tenant but it was difficult of impossible
2%
38 votes
I am or have been a landlord but never wanted to evict anyone or if I did, had no serious problems doing so
6%
137 votes
I've never been a landlord
79%
1737 votes
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5.
Do you think a decent and appropriate (by size of the group desiring to live together) dwelling should be a basic human right guaranteed by the government? Yes
36%
789 votes
No
22%
491 votes
Unsure or no opinion
42%
920 votes
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