For six months the tenants took on a system stacked against them, using a variety of innovative actions including withholding rent, protests in front of their apartment buildings and in the lobby of the landlord's head office, a "sit in" protest at the Landlord and Tenant Board office, online petitions and pressure on a pension fund with a stake in the property management company.
The Parkdale tenants won the following concessions from their landlord:
- A substantial reduction in the above-guideline rent increases at each building
- A program of additional rent relief for tenants in financial hardship
- A program of maintenance and repair work in each building
You can get more information at the links below:
Statement from the Parkdale rent strikers' negotiating committee:
CBC story
Toronto Star story
