For one Toronto dog walker, the public health emergency resulted in the loss of more than 80 per cent of his business in just 48 hours. Thankfully, Joe Rutherford’s landlord is being accommodating and allowing him to pay half of his rent for April.
With no federal guidance on the matter, provincial governments have offered various forms of rent relief to residents. Prince Edward Island has rolled out a million-dollar temporary rental assistance benefit to help affected renters make up the difference. “We really believe that no one should fall into debt or risk losing their home because of COVID-19,” she told CTV News Channel.There are a number of online petitions by groups including, Change.org, ACORN Canada, Leadnow, FMTA, BCGEU, Vancouver Tenants Union and North99, asking the federal government to come up with a plan to assist tenants who can’t afford rent.
How is it that tax payers can pay our gov't ppl's wages, and give them a raise, but we can't get our tax dollars out of them when we need it. trudeauepicfail
No one has gotten the $2000 a month yet. The application process hasn’t even started. 🙄
What’s the issue? Everyone getting $2k per month. Call your landlord and say rent will be late this month!
And landlords get..........renters already get 2k a month if they are laid off
When landlords don't have to pay for maintenance fees, taxes, mortgages, get back to us.
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