 |
|
On December 1, 2008, the
City of Toronto launched its MRAB audit and enforcement program
which, as part of its initial one-year phase, was to provide inspection and enforcement action on 176 of the
City's rental buildings. Details of the program in 2010 are available in the staff report received by Executive Committee on February 1, 2010. An additional staff report providing details of the program's progress was before the Licensing and Standards Committee on June 25, 2010.
Please note that the information on the MRAB web pages are generally updated on the first business day of every week. For any inquiries respecting the MRAB program, please see the contact information at the bottom of this page.
Program
activity
Starting in January of 2010, Municipal Licensing and Standards began to report building audit program activity on the basis of buildings, as opposed to properties. This will affect the number of audits reported for 2009, when 187 buildings were audited on 165 properties. The change in reporting will not affect the number of Orders and Notices issued, nor the number of deficiencies cited.
(last updated on January 16, 2012): |
 |
| |
Prior |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
- Buildings audited
(Dec. 1, 2008 - January 13, 2012)
|
395 |
|
|
210 |
|
|
605 |
|
|
- Notices and Orders issued*
|
2,200 |
780 |
2,980 |
- Notices and Orders outstanding*
|
778 |
580 |
1,358 |
- Property standard deficiencies
|
23,648 |
12,408 |
36,056 |
- Property standard deficiencies outstanding*
|
6,361 |
8,824 |
15,185 |
|
|
146 |
3 |
149 |
|
|
15 |
1 |
16 |
*These figures are for the 598 buildings for which Notices and Orders have been issued, as at January 13, 2012, and may vary from the number of buildings audited due to an average lag between the audit of a building and the issuance of Orders of about five (5) business days.
|
Up-to-date enforcement
activity summary, by year.
Enforcement
activity conducted and scheduled, by Ward and property
|
| Current & scheduled building audits: |
|
For the week of January 16, 2012 - January 20, 2012:
For the week of January 23, 2012 - January 27, 2012:
For the week of January 30, 2012 - February 3, 2012:
| Appeals by landlords: |
|
Landlords may appeal Orders issued under Section 15.2 of the Building Code Act --for violations of the City's property standards bylaw (Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 629). The Property Standards Committee meets in panels on a set schedule across each of the four City Districts.
|
Etobicoke-York District Panel (includes Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 13)
|
Agendas/Minutes
|
|
|
|
North York District Panel (includes Wards 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, and 34)
|
Agendas/Minutes
|
|
|
|
Scarborough District Panel (includes Wards 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44)
|
Agendas/Minutes
|
|
|
|
Toronto-East York District Panel (includes Wards 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32)
|
Agendas/Minutes
|
| Audit & inspection
process: |
|
Audit staff will be inspecting the common
areas, mechanical systems and grounds of the buildings they visit.
More specifically, audit staff will inspect:
- structural components;
- mechanical systems (such as heating and ventilation);
- electrical systems;
- lighting/illumination;
- elevators;
- emergency power systems;
- roofs;
- service and utility rooms;
- parking facilities and garages;
- security systems (such as self-closing external doors, inter-com systems);
- garbage management (such as chutes, storage and screening); and
- building amenities (such as swimming pools and recreational
areas).
| Apartment unit inspections: |
|
In addition, residents of buildings that are audited may also have their apartment units inspected, if they wish. Residents will receive a letter advising of the date and time that audit staff will be present to conduct these inspections.
Apartment unit complaints:
Finally, a mobile administration centre will be
available at appointed times in each of the sites being audited.
Residents may make any complaints respecting their units that have
not been addressed by the landlord.
Residents of neighbouring rental apartment buildings will also be notified of the date and time that the mobile administration office will be available to address their maintenance-related concerns.
To make the process of reporting easier, maintenance request forms are available from the mobile
administration staff, as well as by clicking on the link
below:
How
to make a complaint (in other languages)
Standard
Maintenance Request Form (in other languages)
| News and Updates: |
|
Reports and Resources:
- Report: Improving Housing Conditions for Tenants (June 10, 2010)
- Report: Multi-Residential Apartment Buidling Audit Program (January 18, 2010)
- Report: Regulatory Strategy
for Multi-Residential Apartment Buildings (MRABs) (October 27,
2008)
- Report: Multi-residential
Apartment Buildings Regulatory Strategy, Information Report (March
30th, 2007)
- Report: A
Framework Strategy to Ensure that Privately-owned, Multi-Unit
Residential Buildings are maintained in accordance with the
Provisions of the Toronto Municipal Code (December 10, 2003, amended by the Planning and Transportation Committee on January 8, 2004)
- Report: Protocol
for Enforcement of Property Standards and Other By-laws in
Residential Rental Apartment Buildings (April 5, 2004, amended by the Planning and Transportation Committee on April 28, 2004 and City Council on May 18, 2004)
- Report: Protocol
for Enforcement of Property Standards in
Toronto Community Housing Corporation-Owned Buildings (April 5, 2004, amended by the Planning and Transportation Committee on April 28, 2004 and City Council on May 18, 2004)
- The New City of Toronto Act
- Apartment
standards web site
- Toronto
Municipal Code
Other Links of
Interest:
If you have any general questions about the program you may contact
us:
- By e-mail: mrab@toronto.ca
- By regular mail: MRAB - Policy and Planning Services,
Municipal Licensing and Standards Division, Toronto City Hall, 100
Queen Street West, 16th Floor, West Tower, Toronto, Ontario M5H
2N2.
If you have a complaint or would like to follow up on an enforcement matter you may contact us:
|
|
