When Toronto’s worst landlords neglect the health & safety of their tenants, it’s time to put a red Rentsafe sign in their window to hold them to account, warn prospective renters, and have the City take real enforcement action. Please sign our petition: joshmatlow.ca/rentsafe
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When Toronto’s worst landlords neglect the health & safety of their tenants, it’s time to put a red Rentsafe sign in their window to hold them to account, warn prospective renters, and have the City take real enforcement action. Please sign our petition: joshmatlow.ca/rentsafe
…Through the city’s Rentsafe program, I have requested staff take strong enforcement action to ensure that this problem is urgently fixed, the tenants’ health and safety is protected and that there is real accountability for Toronto’s worst landlords.
April 20, 2026 at 7:57 PM
…Through the city’s Rentsafe program, I have requested staff take strong enforcement action to ensure that this problem is urgently fixed, the tenants’ health and safety is protected and that there is real accountability for Toronto’s worst landlords.
On June 15th, apartment buildings in Toronto will finally begin to display colour-coded RentSafe signs, backed by the city being able to use remedial action or financial penalties if landlords don’t maintain safe and healthy homes for their tenants-holding corporate landlords to account, ensuring…
June 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
On June 15th, apartment buildings in Toronto will finally begin to display colour-coded RentSafe signs, backed by the city being able to use remedial action or financial penalties if landlords don’t maintain safe and healthy homes for their tenants-holding corporate landlords to account, ensuring…
Everyone deserves to feel safe and secure in their home. We introduced RentSafe to protect tenants’ health and safety - and hold our city’s worst landlords to account. We’re now bolstering the program with color-coded signs, remedial action and penalties with teeth.
April 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Everyone deserves to feel safe and secure in their home. We introduced RentSafe to protect tenants’ health and safety - and hold our city’s worst landlords to account. We’re now bolstering the program with color-coded signs, remedial action and penalties with teeth.
Thanks to tenants from across our city, along with Acorn, FMTA & York South-Weston Tenants Union, we finally got Rentsafe signs and reforming the broken audit system approved at council! It’s time to hold Toronto’s worst landlords accountable for their tenants’ health and safety.
July 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thanks to tenants from across our city, along with Acorn, FMTA & York South-Weston Tenants Union, we finally got Rentsafe signs and reforming the broken audit system approved at council! It’s time to hold Toronto’s worst landlords accountable for their tenants’ health and safety.
Together, we fought for color-coded Rentsafe signs, and real enforcement action, for rental apartment buildings in Toronto to hold both city hall and large landlords to account. And we finally won! Tenants deserve to know their home is going to be healthy and safe.
October 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Together, we fought for color-coded Rentsafe signs, and real enforcement action, for rental apartment buildings in Toronto to hold both city hall and large landlords to account. And we finally won! Tenants deserve to know their home is going to be healthy and safe.
I really appreciated speaking with tenants from across our city with Acorn this evening about our recent victories on RentSafe at city council and the hard work we have in front of us to protect renters’ health, safety and affordability.
August 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I really appreciated speaking with tenants from across our city with Acorn this evening about our recent victories on RentSafe at city council and the hard work we have in front of us to protect renters’ health, safety and affordability.
Thanks to everyone who participated in tonight’s Tenant Town Hall for our Yonge & Eglinton community! It was a very thoughtful conversation. I’m so grateful to the amazing reps from FMTA, Don Valley Community Legal Services and RentSafe for being so helpful and knowledgeable.
April 1, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Thanks to everyone who participated in tonight’s Tenant Town Hall for our Yonge & Eglinton community! It was a very thoughtful conversation. I’m so grateful to the amazing reps from FMTA, Don Valley Community Legal Services and RentSafe for being so helpful and knowledgeable.
Looking up the RentSafe score on the first shows a building that had mediocre compliance with building maintenance standards that improved significantly after a transfer of ownership - from 66% to 94%.
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Looking up the RentSafe score on the first shows a building that had mediocre compliance with building maintenance standards that improved significantly after a transfer of ownership - from 66% to 94%.
#topoli New from me in @torontostar: How council is creating a two-tier tenant protection system and congratulating itself for its progressivism. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Lorinc: A glaring hole in the city’s new landlord rating system creates a two-tiered system for renters
The city is putting in place a RentSafe program modeled on the trusted DineSafe where landlords are rated on their buildings. The problem is, it doesn’t include condo renters
www.thestar.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#topoli New from me in @torontostar: How council is creating a two-tier tenant protection system and congratulating itself for its progressivism. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
…Last night, despite the awful weather, tenants joined me for a town hall meeting to discuss their priorities, share their stories, advocate together and focus on solutions. I appreciated FMTA, Acorn and staff from RentSafe attending to answer questions and…
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
…Last night, despite the awful weather, tenants joined me for a town hall meeting to discuss their priorities, share their stories, advocate together and focus on solutions. I appreciated FMTA, Acorn and staff from RentSafe attending to answer questions and…
…We need to fight for AGI reform, max heat protections, improving Rentsafe (more remedial action & color-coded signs), affordable homes, and much more. I feel very grateful to everyone who participated, and my dedicated staff who helped organize the town hall. More to come!
April 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
…We need to fight for AGI reform, max heat protections, improving Rentsafe (more remedial action & color-coded signs), affordable homes, and much more. I feel very grateful to everyone who participated, and my dedicated staff who helped organize the town hall. More to come!
On Mon 21st, #NSACORN is hosting a forum at the Halifax Central Library, 6pm, to push for proper enforcement of tenant protections.
Right now repairs go indefinitely delayed, pests are given a quick spray with zero follow up, and HRM lacks the capacity to chase up almost any of it.
#HaliSky
Right now repairs go indefinitely delayed, pests are given a quick spray with zero follow up, and HRM lacks the capacity to chase up almost any of it.
#HaliSky
September 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM
After pressure, the City of Hamilton now funds legal clinics facing N12 and N13 evictions notices. It also took lessons from Toronto and Mississauga and introduced an improved RentSafe program. #Housing
May 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After pressure, the City of Hamilton now funds legal clinics facing N12 and N13 evictions notices. It also took lessons from Toronto and Mississauga and introduced an improved RentSafe program. #Housing
On #NationalHousingDay, #RentSafe renews our call to realize the #Right2Housing, so every person has access to a safe, healthy home. But unsafe conditions (mould and degraded air quality) are inequitably experienced by renters who are Indigenous, racialized, living with disabilities or low income.
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
On #NationalHousingDay, #RentSafe renews our call to realize the #Right2Housing, so every person has access to a safe, healthy home. But unsafe conditions (mould and degraded air quality) are inequitably experienced by renters who are Indigenous, racialized, living with disabilities or low income.
Meet Jeff - a tenant in downtown Toronto dealing with an unaccountable landlord.
Make sure you tell your City Councillor that you support #RentSafeTOSigns ⤵️
joshmatlow.ca/rentsafe
See our full video ⤵️
vm.tiktok.com/ZMSnLBLqs/
Make sure you tell your City Councillor that you support #RentSafeTOSigns ⤵️
joshmatlow.ca/rentsafe
See our full video ⤵️
vm.tiktok.com/ZMSnLBLqs/
July 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Meet Jeff - a tenant in downtown Toronto dealing with an unaccountable landlord.
Make sure you tell your City Councillor that you support #RentSafeTOSigns ⤵️
joshmatlow.ca/rentsafe
See our full video ⤵️
vm.tiktok.com/ZMSnLBLqs/
Make sure you tell your City Councillor that you support #RentSafeTOSigns ⤵️
joshmatlow.ca/rentsafe
See our full video ⤵️
vm.tiktok.com/ZMSnLBLqs/
were first debated a few years ago, as part of the city’s RentSafe program.”
July 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
were first debated a few years ago, as part of the city’s RentSafe program.”
That said, the biggest impact he had on me personally was trying to kill the RentSafe program by walking out of a committee meeting to try to deny it quorum.
He failed, but that was what he was like to deal with.
He failed, but that was what he was like to deal with.
February 25, 2026 at 7:47 PM
That said, the biggest impact he had on me personally was trying to kill the RentSafe program by walking out of a committee meeting to try to deny it quorum.
He failed, but that was what he was like to deal with.
He failed, but that was what he was like to deal with.
The buildings changed hands in 2018, so the improvement in RentSafe scores happened after the ownership change.
October 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The buildings changed hands in 2018, so the improvement in RentSafe scores happened after the ownership change.
Toronto City Council votes in favour to implement colour coded signs as part of the RentSafe TO program!
July 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Toronto City Council votes in favour to implement colour coded signs as part of the RentSafe TO program!
Access the full survey data in the RentSafe-OPHA Survey Results Report here: rentsafe.ca/2025/03/07/p...
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Access the full survey data in the RentSafe-OPHA Survey Results Report here: rentsafe.ca/2025/03/07/p...
Our demands are clear, achievable, and proven to work in other municipalities in Canada.
We don't need to move heaven and earth. We just need political will, and bodies in the room at this event could be just the shove we need to prove there's demand for it.
We don't need to move heaven and earth. We just need political will, and bodies in the room at this event could be just the shove we need to prove there's demand for it.
September 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Our demands are clear, achievable, and proven to work in other municipalities in Canada.
We don't need to move heaven and earth. We just need political will, and bodies in the room at this event could be just the shove we need to prove there's demand for it.
We don't need to move heaven and earth. We just need political will, and bodies in the room at this event could be just the shove we need to prove there's demand for it.
Join #RentSafe for a webinar on addressing mould and its health effects in rental housing - a common concern contributing to unhealthy housing in Ontario. Register now:
outreach.cleo.on.ca/civicrm/?civ...
@cape-acme.bsky.social
#RightToHousing
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#RightToHousing
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Join #RentSafe for a webinar on addressing mould and its health effects in rental housing - a common concern contributing to unhealthy housing in Ontario. Register now:
outreach.cleo.on.ca/civicrm/?civ...
@cape-acme.bsky.social
#RightToHousing
outreach.cleo.on.ca/civicrm/?civ...
@cape-acme.bsky.social
#RightToHousing
#LogementSain #RentSafe, @CPCHE.ca/fr et le partenaire principal #CELA sont ravis d'annoncer un nouveau projet visant à mobiliser des stratégies intersectorielles pour la #RésilienceClimatique #ClimateResilience
October 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#LogementSain #RentSafe, @CPCHE.ca/fr et le partenaire principal #CELA sont ravis d'annoncer un nouveau projet visant à mobiliser des stratégies intersectorielles pour la #RésilienceClimatique #ClimateResilience
CPCHE is seeking applications for a part-time Project Coordinator for #RentSafe to advance projects that address unhealthy conditions in low-income rental housing.
Learn more and apply by July 20 -->
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July 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
CPCHE is seeking applications for a part-time Project Coordinator for #RentSafe to advance projects that address unhealthy conditions in low-income rental housing.
Learn more and apply by July 20 -->
www.goodwork.ca/jobs/environ...
#Right2Housing @cape-acme.bsky.social @cane-aciie.bsky.social
Learn more and apply by July 20 -->
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