City staff will recommend rooming houses across the city be licensed, after a 2015 Toronto Rooming House Review found hundreds of illegal ones "failed to meet reasonable standards." Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star ) Order this photoThe door appears to be opening to legal rooming houses across Toronto — including in North York and Scarborough, where many operate illegally despite local prohibitions. City staff has identified hundreds more that operate illegally, including many in North York, East York and Scarborough. Council will have final say on whether rooming houses should be licensed city-wide. He has registered many complaints about rooming houses to the city’s 311 line, citing building and fire code violations.

Source: thestar October 01, 2016 10:52 UTC