Mississauga city council will consider a program of mandatory inspections and registrations for rental apartment buildings in the city. City council directed staff to report back next spring on the viability and need of a program that could see Mississauga’s building safety and enforcement process move from complaint-based to proactive inspections. If violations are found under Toronto’s program, landlords and building operators face set fines of between $100 and $1,000 and escalating penalties of up to $100,000 for repeat offences. Damerla said good operators will have nothing to worry about, and wants staff to evaluate what might work in Mississauga. According to Mississauga data, around three quarters of residential buildings with rental units in the city were built before 2000.

Source: thestar November 26, 2019 17:34 UTC