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Rental
Housing in Toronto
Majority
of Torontonians believe the city should have authority on housing issues
Toronto, February
25th — In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum
Poll™ among 1077 Torontonians 18 years of age or older, two thirds (TOP2: 65%) say the city
of Toronto should have authority on housing issues such as evictions and
the use of private bailiffs.
A
third (36%) say that the city of Toronto should have some authority. 3 in 10
(29%) say that the city should have a lot of authority.
1
in 10 (9%) say the city should not have a lot of authority, a similar
proportion (7%) say no authority at all.
A
fifth (19%) say they are not sure.
Torontonians
say the city is not doing enough to increase the supply of housing
7 in 10 (69%) say the city of Toronto is not doing enough to
increase the supply of rental housing across the city.
1 in 10 (9%) say the city is doing enough, few (7%) say
more than enough.
One-sixth (15%) say they are not sure.
Respondents who are most likely to say the city is not
doing enough are those 34 and younger (75%), earning $20,000 to $40,000 (75%)
or $80,000 to $100,000 (78%), and living in former City of Toronto (80%).
A
third say current housing laws favour landlords
A third (33%)
of Torontonians say current housing laws favour landlords. A quarter (23%) say
tenants are favoured.
One-sixth (15%)
say neither landlords or tenants are favoured.
3 in 10 (29%)
are not sure who the current housing laws favour.
Respondents who
are most likely to say the current housing laws favour landlords are those 34
and younger (42%), earning $20,000 to $40,000 (36%), $60,000 to $80,000 (39%),
or $80,000 to $100,000 (36%), and living in Former City of Toronto (38%) or
York (37%).
Respondents who
are most likely to say the current housing laws favour tenants are those age
35-44 years (33%), the most wealthy (33%), and living in East York (29%) or
York (31%).
Torontonians are spilt on shortening
waiting periods for evictions
Torontonians
are spilt on shortening the waiting period for evictions, nearly a third (29%)
say they approve, the same proportion (29%) disapprove.
4 in
10 (42%) say they don’t know.
Sentiments mixed on using private
bailiffs to handle evictions
A third (35%) say they disapprove of
using private bailiffs to handle evictions. A quarter (26%) say they approve.
4 in 10 (39%) say they don’t know.
Respondents most likely to disapprove
are those 34 and younger (44%), earning $20,000 to $40,000 (43%) or the most
wealthy (42%), and living in former City of Toronto (49%).
Respondents most likely to approve
are those age 35-44 (32%) or 55-64 (30%), earning $80,000 to $100,000 (33%) or
the most wealthy (30%), and living in East York (31%) or Scarborough (30%).
“Majority of Torontonians believe
that the city should have authority on housing issues,” said Dr. Lorne
Bozinoff, President of Forum Research. “Additionally, most Torontonians think
the city needs to do more to increase the supply of rental housing.”
Lorne Bozinoff, Ph.D. is the
president and founder of Forum Research. He can be reached at
lbozinoff@forumresearch.com or at (416) 960-9603.
