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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-01-28, Page 5i Citizens News, dentary 28/767 Pape 5 Ontario IMPORTANT DATE CHANGES Key rent review deadlines for LANDLORDS and TEN- ANTS have been extended as of January 16, 1976. Here are the new dates: • For tenancy agreements taking effect on or after July 30, 1975 and up to and including December3l, 1975. TEN- ANTS wishing to dispute increases up to eight per cent for that period must make application on the appropriate form by February 29, 1976. O For tenancy agreements taking effect on or after July 30, 1975 and up to and including December 31, 1975. LANDLORDS wishing to charge more than eight per cent over the rent charged during the last full month prior to August 1, 1975, for the above period, must make applica- tion on the appropriate form by February 29, 1976. • If the LANDLORD and TENANT do not agree on a rent increase above the eight per cent guideline, and do not apply to have the rent for that period reviewed, the TENANT is entitled to a rebate of any rent paid in excess of eight per cent by February 29, 1976. • The maximum rent LANDLORDS may charge tenants after January 1, 1976 for all tenancy agreements which became effective on or after July 30, 1975 is eight per cent more than the rent charged during the last full month prior to August 1, 1975. A landlord collecting more than this contravenes the rent review legislation and may, on summary conviction, be fined up to $2,000. In respect to tenancy agreements taking effect on or after July 30, 1975 and up to and including April 30, 1976, LANDLORDS wishing to charge more than eight per cent for any period after January 1, 1976 must make application on the appropriate form by February 29, 1976. For tenancy agreements taking effect on or after January 1, 1976, TENANTS wishing to dispute any increase must make application on the appropriate form by February 29, 1976, or 60 days after receiving a notice of increase, whichever comes last. RENT REVIEW FORMS ® Until the rent review offices are in operation, TENANTS and LANDLORDS may obtain forms from offices of the Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Natural Resources (northern affairs branch offices only), Ministry of Reve- nue assessment offices, Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations and Ontario Housing Corpora- tion branch offices in Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Cambridge, Hamilton and London. Check your tele- phone directory for the local address. O Mail the COMPLETED forms to Rent Review box designated for the municipality in accommodation is located. at the postal which your METRO TORONTO City of Toronto Etobicoke East -York North York Scarborough York CENTRAL -EAST Barrie, for the County of Simone and the District Municipality of Muskoka Mississauga, for the Regional Municipality of Peel Oshawa, for the Regional Municipality of Durham Peterborough, for the Counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Victoria, and Haliburton Richmond Hill, for the Regional Municipality of York Ontario Rent Review Box 5370 Postal Station A Toronto M5W 1N6 Ontario Rent Review Box 511 Postal Station Etobicoke M9C 4V5 Ontario Rent Review Box 1013 Postal Station 0 East York M4A 2N4 Ontario Rent Review Box 234 Postal Station A Willowdale M2N 5S8 Ontario Rent Review Box 940 Postal Station A Scarborough M1K 5E4 Ontario Rent Review Box 23 Postal Station A Weston M9N 3M6 Ontario Rent Review Box 985 Barrie L4M 5E1 Ontario Rent Review Box 126 Postal Station A Mississauga L5A 2Z7 Ontario Rent Review Box 618 Oshawa L1H 7R2 Ontario Rent Review Box 1586 Peterborough K9J 7S2 Ontario Rent Review Box 391 Richmond Hill L4C 4Y6 RENT REVIEW REGIONS CENTRAL -WEST Hamilton, for the Regional Municipalities of Hamilton -Wentworth, Halton, Haldimand-Norfolk, and the County of Brant Kitchener, for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the Counties of Wellington and Dufferin St. Catharines, for the Regional Municipality of Niagara SOUTH-WESTERN London, for the Counties of Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton, Perth and Huron Owen Sound, for the Counties of Grey and Bruce Windsor, for the Counties of Essex and Kent EASTERN Belleville, for the Counties of Hastings and Prince Edward Cornwall, for the Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, and Prescott & Russell Ontario Rent Review Box 2006 Hamilton L8N 3R5 Ontario Rent Review Box 2048 Main Terminal Kitchener N2G 4J3 Ontario Rent Review Box 3027 St. Catharines L2R 7E3 Ontario Rent Review Box 5101 London N6A 4L6 Ontario Rent Review Box 625 Owen Sound N4K 5R4 Ontario Rent Review Box 1605 Windsor N9A 6F2 Ontario Rent Review Box 4300 Belleville K8N 5H9 Ontario Rent Review Box 607 Cornwall K6H 6G2 Kingston, for the Counties of Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, Leeds & Grenville, and that portion of Lanark County lying west of Highway 29, excluding the towns of Carleton Place (see Ottawa) and Smiths Falls (see Ottawa) Ottawa, for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa -Carleton plus that portion of Lanark County lying east of Highway 29, including the towns of Carleton Place and Smiths Falls Pembroke, for the County of Renfrew NORTH-EASTERN North Bay, for the Districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound Sault Ste. Marie, for the District of Algoma Sudbury, for the Regional Municipality of Sudbury and Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin Timmins, for the Districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming NORTH-WESTERN Kenora, for the Districts of Kenora and Rainy River Thunder Bay, for the District of Thunder Bay Ontario Rent Review Box 5500 Kingston K7L 5G4 Ontario Rent Review Box 9800 Ottawa K1G 3Y2 Ontario Rent Review Box 1010 Pembroke K8A 7T3 Ontario Rent Review Bax 884 North Bay P1B 8K1 Ontario Rent Review Box 627 Sault Ste. Marie P6A 5N2 Ontario Rent Review Box 1059 Sudbury P3E 4S6 Ontario Rent Review Box 1130 Timmins P4N 7H9 Ontario Rent Review Box 2440 Kenora P9N 3X8 Ontario Rent Review Box 5000 Postal Station F Thunder Bay P7C 566 Telephone numbers and locations of the rent review offices will be published shortly. If you wish a booklet or further information, please write Rent Review, Box 580, Postal Station F, Toronto M4Y 2L8. Or, if you live within the Metro Toronto toll-free calling area, please telephone 923-1199. Province of Ontario