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77.- North Shore News

The North Shore Tenants
Association has welcomed
the reduction of the max-
imum allowable rent increase
from 10.6 to 7 per cent
annually, recently announ-

right direction. But the
tenants continue to question
the wisdom of across the
board increases which make
no distinction between good
landlords and those who are
not.

Ernie Crist, executive
member of the North Shore
Tenants Asscciation said

that, although the decrease
is welcome and does away
with ‘a blatant injustice,
tenants would have liked to
see a more discriminating
attitude towards landlords.
Some landlords are already
gouging tenants and spend
little, if anything, on the
upkeep of their premises.

‘Naturally, we are pleased
that the government has
decreased the ceiling,’’ said

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Crist. “‘We have appealed to
the government and to the
premier on several occasions
to reduce the ceiling. On the
other hand, we _ cannot
condone the existing short-
comings of the present

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‘““‘What we would like to
see,’’ continued Crist, ’’and
what we have advocated for a
long time is the setting up of
a municipal board of appeal
consisting of a
representative, a tenant rep-
resentative and a_ neutral
party provided by the muni-
cipality, which would deal
with rent increases in a more
discriminating manner.

Some North Shore rental
accommodations are badly
deteriorating’ even though
the landlords have done just

fine in terms of return on

their investment, said Crist.
‘‘There should be a muni-
cipal board of appeal to
which landlords would have
to justify their increases and
that is what we have, in fact,

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advocated.’’

Crist also said that, while
the setting up of such a board
is important, the main thrust
to solve the continuing
problem has to be in the area

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of housing. As long as there

is a shortage of housing at

prices people can afford, the
problem will continue to
exist. The. main task, he
stressed, is to make the
public and, above. all, the
governments understand
that decent housing is a basic
human right, just as health
care and education, and must
be provided for ail citizens,
including to those who
cannot afford it under the
present market system.

Crist said tenants will ask
the North Shore Councils
again to set up a committee
to look into the -whole
question of housing. The

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tenants Will aiso continue to

press for a housing policy as
‘part of total community and
neighborhood planning.

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