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

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 anti-renoviction bylaw. Renovictions are one of the leading causes of the erosion of existing affordable housing. In some cases, renovation work is so extensive that it requires a…