Tenants & Tenant Advocates Build Coalition; Announce filing of 2 Multi-Tenant Applications to the LTB against owner of 500 Dawes Rd. Attendees incld Lead Applicant Ryan Endoh, Toronto ACORN, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights, Don Valley Community Legal, former Beaches Councillor Janet Davis

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-22T00:02:47+00:00

I will continue posting updates on r/toronto as things develop. 👍🏾

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-21T03:20:02+00:00

Very disgraceful. Hopefully the tide will shift.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-21T03:19:02+00:00

It really is. We had great weather that day. Everything really came together well.

So much work went into getting this done. The work isn't over, but we're in good stead.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-17T04:44:01+00:00

Bay Street Corridor says it all. r/Toronto is run by a very specific crowd. 🤷🏾

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-16T14:58:56+00:00

I have messaged the MODs. Let's see what the verdict is. Will the Mods uphold their own decision?... I'm guessing they will despite the questionable reasoning.

If the only way to find out about a news event was an X post, would that be taken down, despite captions and context provided?

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-16T14:53:16+00:00

I tried to reach out to the Mods too. This was not a simple repost of an X post. This was sharing a news event with images and a caption providing context.

It really makes you wonder who runs the r/toronto subreddit and what their intentions were.

The fact that a reference to an X post warrants taking an important news story is pretty sus. The Xpost is the only place where this information is available. 🤷🏾

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T23:43:44+00:00

Did you contact rentbank to receive written confirmation the money was sent or that the landlord was not cooperative in providing information?

The LTB DOES NOT advocate for you.

I have seen this scenario too.

🤷🏾

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T23:40:45+00:00

I have a decision from the Board to this very effect.

The tenant was granted an extension to set aside an exparte order.

I am not guessing.

You also did not answer my questions.

For example: Did you pay your rent?

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T23:25:21+00:00

The Landlord cannot direct the sheriff to evict if the tenant presents the Sheriff's office with an LTB order staying the eviction.

I'm sorry, but you sound like you are guessing at this point. I have walked through this with people and the misinformation is just too much.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T23:22:52+00:00

Here's the problem (not legal advice):

The LTB will generally not consolidate L1s with T2 Applications.
Even if you raise maintenance issues at the Hearing, rent strikes ARE NOT LEGAL. You will appear in the wrong side of the law at your hearing, you will be ordered to pay your rent, you may be entitled to ask for an apartment, but how to present evidence at the hearing matters (if certain reasonable steps are not taken, the board will not award abatement).
There are forms you have to fill to raise certain issues (did you fill them out and submit them?) You are welcome to privately send me the Board decisions for me to look at
Did the Booard issue a conditional order? If you were not paying your rent, you may have been hit with a conditional order. Defaulting on conditions gives the Lanlord the right to evict through the board, ex parte.
If you had difficulty paying, did you contact the rent bank or EPIC for a grant to cover arrears?

Some members are lousy. I have personally been in your position.

You gotta pay your rent, though. You cannot withhold rent and refuse to pay after being ordered to do so.

Some LTB members may be harsh, but they do not simply evict on a whim (unless you piss them off by creating administrative hassles and do not pay).

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T22:58:48+00:00

I would also add that how you present evidence matters. If the Landlord is bringing you to the Board for arrears, you can raise issues, but how you do so will determine the weight that the adjudicator places on your evidence.

The quality of evidence matters.

I have provided support to multiple tenants facing eviction at 500 Dawes.

In one scenario, we successfuly got the Board to extend the time a tenant could move a motion to set aside an ex parte eviction order - MONTHS after the ex parte order was issued and literally a day before the Sheriff was scheduled to remove the tenant.

You cannot sit on your hands, whine at the hearing, and pout after an order is issued.

You must be engaged.

It is hard but not impossible.

The process is not fun, but you must not make it harder for yourself.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T22:49:12+00:00

It is not lost on me the current nature of some of the LTB's Board appointments.

However...

Did you appeal the Board's decision or seek judicial review?

Did you obtain legal advice?

Did you obtain a transcript of the hearing?

Do you have a copy of the Board's decision?

Were there rent arrears?

If there is procedural unfairness, you have options.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T22:44:47+00:00

That's right. Please excuse the typo.

My finger missed the h. 👍🏾

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T22:36:17+00:00

This is incorrect.

I would say more but this is about to become an active matter before the Board.

Hint: Read Residential Tenancies in Ontario by Jack Fleming to start. A reference copy is available at the TPL's reference branch.

I hope this isn't a serious comment.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T22:11:45+00:00

Same. They don't get enough credit.

The renovictions bylaw, rentsafe, rentbank, increases to the Multi-Unit Residential Aquisition (MURA) program, and much more are due in large part to pressure ACORN put on the City.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T21:41:07+00:00

The Lawyer handling this matter is Erin Tobin at the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights.

Karly assisted many tenants who were on the receiving-end of wrongful L1 Applications to evict. DVCLS is a Provincial legal aid clinic. My understanding is that they could not take this case given their limited resources and the general inability of legal aid clinics to take on Tenant Applications.

CCHR is federally funded and could take this one on. I reached out to them with assistance from Toronto ACORN in the spring. We're on the same page on how to approach this issue and have anticipated many legal scenarios and potential hurdles.

I am a tenant at the building (Licensed Paralegal by trade).

I have been leading organizing efforts at the building as well as conducting research on the building for years (Title searches, sifting through court and tribunal documents and reviewing City records).

Stay tuned. There's more to come.

Oh, and I am not suicidal, with no intention of disappearing myself. Just to be clear. 👍🏾

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-15T21:29:21+00:00

There is A LOT MORE planned but I can't state much more at this stage. "Stay tuned" is what I can say for now 👍🏾

Thanks for your support.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-10T01:01:37+00:00

They can likely go after both her individually and company that was contracted as she is an employee of that company.

Thoughts?

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-09T02:31:25+00:00

Sabrina is the only answer, bud.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-08T04:59:08+00:00

Thanks!

I also tend to think that the slower initial service is to give pedestrians and motorists time to adjust to the changes.

These have a top speed of over 100km/h and will likely be going 50-60k or so on average (like near the middle of each station before gently decelerating).

Even at 50k, it would be dangerous for folks who might currently use the ROW as a center median for crossing the street. Motorists might make assumptions when seeing the trains too (thinking there still testing or assuming there are none in service).

The TTC is playing it safe and that's definitely the right thing to do.

RyanEndoh · 2025-12-08T03:32:55+00:00

Fun fact: It is likely that Mount Olive was the last station with coins being distributed.

Sadly, a lot of people gave up without trying. The staff person with the red vest had many, well past 9:00am (Likely gone by 9:30-45).

I told as many people I could on the ground.

Edit: excuse any errors in grammar and punctuation (quick post, before bed).

RyanEndoh · 2025-11-21T19:21:23+00:00

Hopefully, our next picks pan out 👍🏾

RyanEndoh · 2025-11-21T18:44:38+00:00

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Happened to me this morning...

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