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| Tenant Protection Act, proclaimed in effect | June 17, 1998 |
| Percentage of tenant households in Ontario | 40% |
| Number of applications filed under the Landlord and Tenant Act (primarily for eviction) in Ontario in 1997 |
49,679 |
| Number of all landlord and tenant applications filed at ORHT in 2001 | 72,196 |
| Eviction applications filed at the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal in 2001 | 60,853 |
| Number of calendar days by which a tenant must file a written response to an eviction application or a "default order" will be issued | 5 |
| Percentage of eviction applications that are granted with no hearing (June 17, 1998 to December 31, 2001) |
58% |
| Number of landlord applications resolved by default order (2001) | 34,798 |
| Number of tenant applications resolved by default order (2001) i.e. there is no hearing |
58 |
| Median arrears amount for which tenants are ordered evicted in Ontario i.e. 50% of households are less than $726.77 in arrears when ordered evicted |
726.77 |
| Percentage of tenant households spending more than 30% of income on housing | 44% |
| Percentage of tenant households spending more than 50% of income on housing | 22% |
| Percentage increase in average rent from 1995 to 2001 for all Toronto CMA rental units surveyed by CMHC | 29% |
| Percentage change in Ontario's Consumer Price Index (CPI) From 1995 to 2001 |
12.8% |
| Average cost of a two-bedroom unit in Toronto CMA in 2001 | $1,027 |
| Percentage increase in average cost of a two-bedroom in Toronto CMA from 2000 to 2001 |
4.9% |
| 2001 Annual Rent Increase Guideline | 2.9% |
| Number of units where above-guideline rent increase applications sought (June 98-Dec 31, 2001) |
286,423 |
| Overall vacancy rate in Toronto CMA, October 2001 | 0.9% |
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4.1% |
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0.5% |