Federation Of Metro Tenants Association: Unaware Of Tenants Rights

Ontario Law Dept: Unaware of tenants rights under Ontario law, new immigrants like Islam are being asked by landlords to pay as much as a full year of rent upfront to secure their first home because they have no Canadian employment or credit history, according to The Star. Sad to say, there is a subset of landlords who prey on newcomers lack of education of the law and lack of understanding of the rental situation, said Geordie Dent, of the Federation of Metro Tenants Association and rafiqul Islam paid his landlord $8,600 of rent upfront for a bachelor apartment in Mississauga. Housing advocates say such demands are illegal and the exploitation of immigrants has become all too common, due to loopholes in the Ontario Residential Tenancies Act, as well as weak provincial enforcement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.