To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
WHEREAS companies in Toronto and across Ontario are subdividing existing apartments into "makeshift rooms" built from cabinets and similar partitions;
WHEREAS operators use so-called "licence agreements" to deny that occupants are tenants, evading obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 such as not adding fire-rated walls, ventilation, windows, or privacy;
WHEREAS the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 does not clearly define a "rooming house," allowing bad actors to exploit that gap; and
WHEREAS the Rental Housing Enforcement Unit lacks the resources and powers to protect tenants, investigating less than 2% of all complaints;
