Ontariolandlord
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In today's Toronto Star there there were several perspectives:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/bed...ill-would-force-inspections-on-landlords?bn=1
In today's Toronto Star there there were several perspectives:
New Democrat MPP Cheri DiNovo is pushing for a law forcing landlords to be licensed and their premises inspected for bedbugs, saying Ontario is “doing nothing†to stop the growing scourge of pests.
“The landlord simply doesn’t get their license renewed if they don’t have a bug-free unit,†the MPP for Parkdale-High Park said Thursday in proposing a private member’s bill.
“It protects good landlords and calls bad landlords to account.â€
Landlords would be charged a small fee for each inspection, making the initiative self-funding, DiNovo said.
A group representing landlords who own five units or less—often in the same building where they live themselves—accused DiNovo of “political opportunism†for trying to lump bedbugs in with the larger issue of landlord licensing.
“Let’s focus on the bedbugs first,†said Stuart Henderson of the Ontario Landlords Association, which encourages its members to inspect and thoroughly clean units when tenants leave.
Landlords are “heavily regulated†as is and are required to treat any infestations reported, said Mike Chopowick of the Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario.
another bedbug bill by Liberal MPP Mike Colle (Eglinton-Lawrence) in June that would require landlords to present prospective tenants with a “bedbug information report†before a lease is signed.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/bed...ill-would-force-inspections-on-landlords?bn=1