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&.m PAGE 14, WHfMY FREE PRE.%,WEDNESAY. JUNE 12,13991 AMY aANG o tue22nd Whtby l des 8TH Whitby gir1gudes rèeentlyý ( C e te !i al dis ri t) re eiv s er al-E ud c r .a w a rde d ai-ro u nd co rd e' 'to 1l O, ,, s. With hier are guider Liinda Snath sldgier. FrmefaeVnsaMoa in-charie Nanci Styles. Tara Raltin. Brenna Crockford: Fr.. Pi.. photo IL ~~f7q ~ AuÉad. ithelLPIMsy 1Andrelw Vpee Pr.,. photo odil îilw efoq m, Propoedlegisitin fairto tenants and laindod Ontario tenante will receive ti. bust prtectionô in Caada againut'high rent increass, and their homos'wll b. kept m 'good repair under ourg vornmont'snew ront contrai law. Tenants will nover again have to fear the 15,20 and 50 per cent rent increases aflowed in the peut. Ontarians finally have' *rosi and workablo rent control. The. legisation, introdd recently by Housi niuter Day. Cooke is the resuit of extensive conéultaticns ith tenant., ldorsand many other groupe and cities oe tho. Tine. result is a proposed Iaw that is fair and workable for' both landiords and tenants. It includes:' *Two rent control guidelines «. one.-for large- buildinge, and anothe iher one for smnail budim-g which have higiier per-unit cats., If 'the new guidelins had ben in, place this year,. large building owners would receive 46 per cent eail building, owniers 6.4 per cent. (The current guidelinïe je 5.4 per cen t.) *Landlords may apply fer lirntied rent increes above the guidelines, but the new law would sfrictly limit the. amount and', the rossons for rent increases. Tenants will, not lave to pay mor dha three per cent above the. guideline. And landiords could ase for above-guideline increasstcover three are«s anly: big> increases in municipal taxes, utilties or certain neceoeary capital repairs (limited ta work ta maintaJný the building and its various mechanical systems, ta .meet heslth, safety 'and environinental standardste provide access for disabled people or te mcrease energy conservation). Liandlords -would'no longer b. able te, increase rente becanse of financial los,ý building ýflips, interest rate changes, hardship relief or below-market rente *Landlords who ig nore outstanigwrârdràol o receive even guideline rent.increases. e New rental bui*ldings'will ho exexnpted fr= rent controi for afiveý-year period te helP 'seUtle ie 'rente and boas etasar. PUBLIC NOTICE