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30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor
30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor

30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor

Date11/19/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: 30 Tenants are on rent strike. Residents demanding clean-up got support from mayor
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How much? Tenants and landlords can settle the question through Ontario's complex rent review program
How much? Tenants and landlords can settle the question through Ontario's complex rent review program
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Apartment developers shouldn't ignore the sales appeal of an apartment complex in which a tenants' union is in operation, writes tenant organizer Norman G. Browne in the accompanying letter
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Triumphant tenants
Triumphant tenants
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Swimming pool is only one of the amenities at Cresent Town that makes life pleasant for residents
Swimming pool is only one of the amenities at Cresent Town that makes life pleasant for residents
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Sign of the times: It's a tight market, not greed, that causes housing problems, says Stuart Thom, whose report calls for rent controls to end
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Rents: Hit by new mortgages
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1/20/1978
President of the Metro Tenants Association, Alex Eaglesham, spoke at a meeting last night of tenants who are concerned about evictions and rent increa(...)
President of the Metro Tenants Association, Alex Eaglesham, spoke at a meeting last night of tenants who are concerned about evictions and rent increa(...)
9/13/1973
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2/8/1968
Tenant Advocate Jack De Klerk, a spokesman for the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations, has appeared at about 50 rent review hearings in Metro s(...)
Tenant Advocate Jack De Klerk, a spokesman for the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations, has appeared at about 50 rent review hearings in Metro s(...)
4/8/1976
Rent bill protest: Members of the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations march at the Legislature yesterday to express displeasure at a bill to raise ceiling on rent increases
Rent bill protest: Members of the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations march at the Legislature yesterday to express displeasure at a bill to raise ceiling on rent increases
10/14/1986
Seven-storey brick building with worn, white paint, missing balcony rails and windows. Affixed ...
Desk: Workmen are busy boarding up and taking safety precautions at that 'ghost building' on Bayview Extension we wrote about last week. All the balcony windows from top to bottom have been boarded for the first time anyone can remember. It is the result of our story. Why don't we send a photographer up and take some pics of this being done? Earl McRae
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