A new report shows a drastic rise in ‘renovictions’ in Ottawa and advocates are calling on the city to step in and stop it.
According to the latest Ontario 2024 Renoviction Report by ACORN, the number of N13s filed in Ottawa from 2021 to 2022 increased 545 per cent, while the number of N12s filed in Ottawa between 2017 and 2021 increased 160 per cent.
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N13s are issued when the landlord wants to do massive renovations that require the unit to be vacant, demolished or converted for non-residential use. N12s are issued when the landlord, their family or caregiver wants to move back into the rental unit for at least one year or there is an agreement of purchase and sale of the unit.
“They may get monetary compensation but they will have lost their …