These 'property protectors' want to occupy Toronto homes so owners can dodge taxes
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The Federal Underused Housing Tax Act (UHTA) and Toronto's Vacant Home Tax (VHT) are just the latest measures to combat the country's housing short...

The gist of the Guardian Angels service is that they assign a 'property protector' who will inhabit your property free of charge," which saves the owner from paying vacant property taxes

The service also promises that its "property protectors" are prevented from "acquiring any tenancy rights" in homes they inhabit.

Guardian Angels Property states on its website that it provides these services to clients complimentary.

blogTO reached out to the company, and a representative confirmed that the business model is based on these so-called property protectors — who lack tenant rights — paying Guardian Angels Property to stay in these units.

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  • TheSpectreOfGay [he/him, she/her]
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    7 months ago

    yea, and letting people live in homes but saying they don't have rights because they don't really live in that home is like... i don't think there's anyway to spin that as not incredibly ghoulish and illegal

    • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]
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      7 months ago

      Dunno how it works in Canada but in the US, you just automatically get tenant rights after a certain amount of time. No way to prevent it except by lying to the tenants to prevent them from trying to exercise the rights that they actually do legally have.