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If passed through council, the motion would direct staff to find municipal options to prevent renovictions and report back to committee by September.

Momentum is building behind a motion at city hall to discourage so-called renovictions that drive low-income tenants from their homes so that the landlord can hike the rent.

Unscrupulous landlords are being put on notice by a trio of municipal politicians who want to know how city hall can curb the number of so-called renovictions.

City Hall has become desperate to fill vacant jobs in a pair of departments critical to addressing London’s persistent housing crisis.

After a marathon Tuesday night debate, city politicians approved funding to open up more than 100 overnight shelter spaces at four facilities through the end of May.

After a marathon Tuesday night debate, city politicians approved funding to open up more than 100 overnight shelter spaces at four facilities through the end of May.

The four locations would provide 120 overnight beds operated by Ark Aid Street Mission, with a total price tag of around $3 million.

Out of time, with few options, and insufficient funding — city councillors sparred for two-hours about emergency shelter beds for Londoners experiencing homelessness this winter.

With a total price tag of roughly $3 million, the committee backed a motion to provide 120 overnight beds, which would be operated by Ark Aid and support those most vulnerable.

What’s become an annual battle over installing sidewalks in pre-existing neighbourhoods took an unexpected turn at a Civic Works Committee meeting.