Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario

Landlords Helping Landlords

Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario

Landlords Helping Landlords

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Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario (SOLO)

is a volunteer coalition of 5,000+ independent Landlords spread out across the province of Ontario, Canada. We started in the spring of 2020 as a result of the numerous issues small Ontario Landlords were facing with the Landlord Tenant Board (LTB) of Ontario.

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What has SOLO done to date?

Meeting with the Landlord Tenant Board Executives

We are planning to meet with LTB’s executives on Thursday October 29th, 2020. We are intending to present evidence that

1) the hearing schedule is still slow and not following first in first out
2) we have extreme cases that need attention 3) educate the LTB on the impact the delays are having on landlords well being
4) any general question you – SOLO members want – us to ask by sending it to info@solo.ca.

Note that we are very fortunate to have this “high level access” so we will try to keep the communication frank and respectful. We will not push an individual agenda, but we will come with suggestions to speed up the process and bring fairness which I am sure the LTB itself will be interested to hear. We will not be going there only to complain but we will offer practical solutions.

Meeting the MP Housing Minister

A letter was sent to the PM for a virtual meeting to discuss our issues namely asking for financial relief due to the eviction ban and LTB closure. We have been directed to the minister of housing as this is under his jurisdiction for our demands.

SOLO member Ruby is also pursuing to reschedule a meeting with the Housing Minister’s Parliamentary Assistant, MPP Gill after the last minute cancellation earlier this month We will continue to pursue until we get a proper hearing with the political branch to ask for compensation.

Outreach with Law Enforcement

We are in the process of approaching the Law Enforcement across the province to try to get some understanding on the apparent lack of consistency when police are intervening with landlords / tenants issues that fall outside the RTA. A draft letter has been prepared and we will keep you updated.

If anyone has any suggestion or contact within the Law Enforcement outreach we will be more than glad to talk to them. Just send an email to info@solo.ca.

Writing to local MPP’s and the Ombudsmen of Ontario

We encourage our members to write and call their local MPP and the Ombudsmen to advocate for change. The length of time for a hearing is closing in on 9 months and many of the small landlords will experience bankruptcy if evictions are not sped up considerably.

What can you do?