![]() ![]() In the east Toronto neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park, residents in three buildings have withheld rent since May, after their landlord proposed a five per cent increase for next year. Tenants march down Weston Road in Toronto. READ MORE: More than 300 tenants at 2 Toronto apartment buildings have stopped paying rent Henry and some other residents of her building stopped paying rent in June, while tenants in nearby 22 John Street joined the rent strike this month. Henry and a number of her neighbours at 33 King Street in Toronto's west end are among tenants at several buildings in the city who have gone on a rent strike to protest what they say is unfair treatment by their landlords. Get the latest local updates right to your inbox.Download our app to get local alerts on your device.Henry, a senior living on a pension, says if rent keeps going up, she's going to have decide if she pays her rent on time, or buys food. ![]() In the nearly 10 years since first moving into her one-bedroom Toronto apartment, Beverley Henry's rent has climbed from 900-dollars a month to more than 13-hundred dollars. ![]()
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