CANADA/TORONTO | Ombudsman finds callous treatment of seniors

Following an investigation, the City of Toronto’s Ombudsman, Fiona Crean, says the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) is failing to protect its seniors from unfair evictions.

Following an investigation into 79 tenant files of seniors evicted in 2011 and 2012 by Canada’s largest landlord, Fiona Crean found that staff are not following the Corporation’s own guidelines and policy of only using eviction as a “last resort.”

Copies of the report “Housing at Risk: An Investigation into the Toronto Community Housing Corporation's Eviction of Seniors on the Basis of Rent Arrears" are available on the website of the Ombudsman of the City of Toronto.

Source: Office of the Ombudsman of the City of Toronto