by admin | Aug 3, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
When a landlord wants to recover possession of a rental unit without waiting months to get a hearing, such an agreement can be used … or abused. Cash for keys? That’s one way around getting a tenant to vacate. Is it time for the Ontario government to make...
by admin | Jul 20, 2024 | Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Uncategorized
Whether there’s an unauthorized dwelling inside a storage building should not be resolved by peering inside, taking pics, judge finds. Appeal court disagrees. A storage unit would seem an unlikely abode and municipal officials may have questions. Should a municipal...
by admin | Jul 6, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Township of Lake of Bays implemented a requirement for property owners to enter into an expensive road licence agreement. Is this right? Bob Aaron thinks not. Access to Lake of Bays may cost cottagers more if the Township has its way. But Bob Aaron thinks you should...
by admin | Jun 22, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
“Unacceptable misbehaviour” of occupant due to “serious long-standing substance abuse illness,” in judge’s words, led condo corporation to try to evict man. Condo trouble: community living can present challenges which seldom arise in the context of single-family...
by admin | Jun 8, 2024 | 2024 Toronto Star Property Law Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Once you add windows and a door to such a structure, it can no longer be used to ship goods, so it should not be tied to that purpose, Bob Aaron argues. Are shipping containers a solution to Canada’s housing crisis? Should local bylaws prohibit their use in...