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Hamilton council passes a bylaw to end renovictions, helping to address housing affordability

By Brian Doucet, Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Social Inclusion, School of Planning, University of Waterloo

The City of Hamilton took bold action to end renovictions, a practice where tenants are evicted from their homes due to renovations. The city’s General Issues Committee (comprised of the mayor and all councillors) voted unanimously on Jan. 17 to adopt Ontario’s first…

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