‘A Brand New Day for tenants:’ Toronto’s Rental Bylaw Takes Effect Next Week. Here Is What You Need to Know

Only 6 days until Toronto's new renovictions bylaw comes into effect

Toronto's Rental Renovation Licence Bylaw is coming into effect July 31. It aims to protect tenants from being turfed from their homes by bad-faith landlords who are attempting to raise rents under the disguise of renovations.

‘A brand new day for tenants:’ Toronto’s rental bylaw takes effect next week. Here is what you need to know

A new Toronto bylaw to protect tenants from what Mayor Olivia Chow is calling “bogus” renovictions officially goes into effect next week.

Toronto's new 'renoviction' bylaw rolls out next week

The City of Toronto's The Rental Renovation Licence Bylaw goes into effect on July 31.

City of Toronto set to roll out new Renovictions Bylaw

News Release July 25, 2025 Starting Thursday, July 31, landlords in Toronto will need a licence before starting repairs or renovations that require tenants to move out.  The Rental Renovation Licence Bylaw aims to help curb bad faith evictions and protect tenants from the practice of ‘renovictions’, preserve Toronto’s affordable rental housing stock and establish a transparent and equitable process for landlords to […]