Hi All - the email below just came in from MP Dabrusin's office and the link provides a more detailed overview as to how this rent relief program will be rolled-out in Ontario. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK AND READ THIS INFORMATION. There are some components that I believe will be a challenge for landlords and tenants - specifically each covering 25% of the rent - I've copied the following directly from the information contained in the link: The program…

Hi All, Our MP Julie Dabrusin has just sent the email below which provides more details on the Rent Relief program announced this morning. I urge you all to please read through this email carefully. Of particular note is the program will aim to be rolled out by mid-May and will be retroactive for April and May and will cover June; and the program contains a moratorium on commercial evictions. Again please take the time to read through the information…

Good Afternoon All, So we have had some very promising news from the PM this morning regarding rent relief for Small Businesses and Landlords. Here are the details as they were given by the PM; but, please note that specifics are not yet included. As soon as I have those specifics I will share with all of you. Canadian Emergency Commercial Rent Relief Program: - The Federal gov't and ALL provinces have come to this agreement - Commercial rents will…

Good Afternoon All, I want to start by thanking Councillor Paula Fletcher and MPP Peter Tabuns for all of their work and assistance in getting our Toronto business/landlord survey results out to the media and their government colleagues this week. I want to thank all of our BIA members for emailing the survey results out to our government representatives. As a BIA we can push these messages but additional help is so needed in order to move those messages to…

Good Afternoon All, I'm following up on my email from yesterday where we shared the results of the surveys conducted with small business tenants and landlords. Attached please find the full results for both commercial tenants and commercial landlords. Many of you have asked if you can share the information on your social media platforms - yes you can. Please take what you need from the attached files. We are also asking you to share the attached files and the…

Hi All, As you know, last week our Broadview Danforth BIA took the lead in creating a survey for both commercial tenants and landlords to see where everyone is currently at in terms of rent payments. I would like to thank our Board Treasurer, Philip Kocev (iPro Realty) for taking the lead in creating the survey and managing to compile all of the results received - there have been some very long hours of work put into this. We ended…