Item - 2024.MM23.18

Tracking Status

City Council adopted this item on November 13 and 14, 2024 without amendments.

MM23.18 - Protecting Tenants from Price-Fixing on Rental Apartments - by Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Alejandra Bravo

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Adopted

Wards:: All

City Council Decision

City Council on November 13 and 14, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the City Manager to report to the Planning and Housing Committee by the second quarter of 2025 on:

a. the use and mechanisms of software that enables landlords and private rental management companies to engage in price-fixing of rents; and

b. potential municipal levers to restrict the use of software that allows landlords and private rental management companies to engage in price-fixing of rents.

2. City Council request the Government of Ontario to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, to ban the use of software that allows landlords and private rental management companies to engage in price-fixing on rental prices.

Background Information (City Council)

Member Motion MM23.18
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-250469.pdf

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Notice (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, need to be waived to permit introduction of Motion MM23.18. A two-thirds vote of Council Members present is required to waive notice.

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM23.18 be referred to the Planning and Housing Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Vote (Adopt Item) Nov-14-2024 3:13 PM

Result: Carried	Majority Required - MM23.18 - Adopt the item - part 1 only
Total members that voted Yes: 24	Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Alejandra Bravo, Jon Burnside, Shelley Carroll, Lily Cheng, Rachel Chernos Lin, Olivia Chow, Mike Colle, Vincent Crisanti, Paula Fletcher, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Dianne Saxe, Michael Thompson
Total members that voted No: 1	Members that voted No are Stephen Holyday
Total members that were Absent: 1	Members that were absent are Nick Mantas

Point of Order by Councillor Stephen Holyday

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, requested that Council vote separately on Recommendation 1.

Ruling by Speaker Frances Nunziata

Speaker Nunziata accepted the Point or Order and ruled that Council would vote separately on Recommendation 1.