FMTA

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Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations | Educating, organizing & advocating for tenants since 1974 | Tenant Hotline: 416-921-9494 linktr.ee/torontotenants

Come to our Know Your Rights workshop hosted by ACORN, FMTA and CCHR, learn more about your rights as a tenant, and hear updates on our multi-tenant application to the LTB! TUES SEPT 15TH, 6PM | HOPE UNITED CHURCH | 2550 DANFORTH AVE

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Heat and Air Conditioning have been "hot topics" for Toronto tenants this summer. Join us for a Zoom discussion with a lawyer from South Etobicoke Community Legal Services on the maximum heat bylaw, new A/C rules at the provincial level and a Q&A. RSVP at the link in our bio!

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Extreme heat kills and now combined with the wildfire smoke, tenants are more vulnerable than ever to climate change. We're calling for enforceable legislation on maximum indoor heat, and further protections on fine particulate matter and ultrafine particles (UFPs).

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Extreme heat kills and now combined with the wildfire smoke, tenants are more vulnerable than ever to climate change. We're calling for enforceable legislation on maximum indoor heat, and further protections on fine particulate matter and ultrafine particles (UFPs).

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Question about your tenant rights? Call our tenant hotline at 416-921-9494 or email us at hotline@torontotenants.org. If you don't catch one of our counselors, we will call you back within 24 hours.

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We had a wonderful time at the High Park Tenants' Association's community festival this weekend connecting with tenants, vendors and community members. Looking forward to more amazing events like this!

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FMTA is proud to present the membership with our Strategic Plan for 2026 - 2028 with a vision of how we want to build this organization for the future we seek to achieve. A future that sees Housing as a Human Right. Read the full Strategic Plan ⤵️ tr.ee/z9cTR1dpCa

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Toronto NEEDS a Maximum Heat By-Law! Right now, tenants are stuck between a rock and a hard place, risking their health & safety from ⬆️ heat while also being overcharged to keep a roof over our heads thru AGIs. Enough is enough! Full statement below: tr.ee/HVE5lch5ap

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FMTA Executive Director Yaroslava Montenegro spoke today at city hall pushing for a Maximum Heat By-Law. With temperatures rising in our city every year, renters deserve a comfortable and cool place to live!

Join Clean Indoor Air Toronto this Sunday for a workshop on how to improve indoor air quality and make our indoor environments more resilient to the impacts of air pollution and climate change. 📍North York Central Library, Room 101 - 5120 Yonge St ⏰Sunday June 7 - 1PM Register: luma.com/tocw-r3l9

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The 2026 Annual General Meeting has officially been called for June 13, 2026 starting at 11 AM. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP in advance - link in bio! ⏰Saturday June 13, 2026: Doors Open 11:00AM, Meeting Will Run From 12:00PM - 2:00PM 📍120 Carlton Street, Party Room

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After years of organizing, tenants at 608 Dawes Road are finally seeing some justice after years of health and safety violations. Notorious 500 Dawes landlord, Carolyn Kreb (also the owner of 608 Dawes), was sentenced in court for putting tenants at risk. 1/2

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The FMTA was at a demonstration on Friday in support of the tenants on rent strike at Tahanan non-profit homes. The landlord MUST meet the tenants' demands to meet with them and drop the unaffordable 8% rent increase!

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Everybody’s got housing questions — but almost nobody knows who’s supposed to answer them. 🏠 Join us for our upcoming Action Journey event this month: Get Help With Housing Problems: A Toronto AMA for Renters & Homeowners.

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FMTA Executive Director Yaroslava Montenegro quoted in TorontoToday article about fines for unlicensed AirBNBs. Our organization applauds what many are describing as a "hard-line" approach toward short-term rentals in Toronto. See the link in our bio for the full article.

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FMTA's Executive Director Yaroslava Montenegro spoke at Ward 12 Councillor Josh Matlow's Tenant Town Hall on April 28th. We will continue to make tenants' voices heard by every level of government and advocate on their behalf.

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FMTA Director of Communications Mason Fitzpatrick spoke to Future of Good to explain the increasingly precarious realities of Multi-Tenant Housing (Rooming Houses) in Toronto. Our Multi-Tenant Housing organizers work to assert these tenants' rights. See the article in our bio!

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【多伦多租客注意 ⚠️ 了解你的权益!🏠】 面对房东无理迫迁如滥用自住、装修、卖房等通知?别慌张!即使收到通知,您也有绝对的权利等待 LTB(房东租客委员会)的最终听证结果。 FMTA 很荣幸与新时代电视 (Fairchild TV) 合作,为大家解析安省租务纠纷现况与维权指南。 👉 点击链接 (youtu.be/NcQ9ZIaKtco?...) 观看完整报道,保护你的家!

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Today, the FMTA spoke at a press conference in support of Bill 23, tabled by @chandrapasmandp alongside our allies from the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly. Bill 23, the Protecting Seniors' Rights in Care Homes Act, would introduce caps on fees for seniors in care homes.

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At the March 25 Council Meeting, Councillors unanimously voted in favour of motion EX29.14, titled “Cracking Down on Bad Landlords.” The contents of the motion contained a number of notable items, including standardizing enforcement timelines for landlords who repeatedly...

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