The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations

THE FEDERATION OF METRO TENANTS' ASSOCIATIONS

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What We Do

Who We Are

The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) is a non-profit Organization which advocates for better rights for Tenants.

Founded in 1974, we are the oldest and largest Tenant Federation in Canada. The FMTA is comprised of affiliated Tenant Associations and of individual Members. We have over 3,000 members and continue to grow.

Inform and Educate Tenants

Our Tenant Hotline offers referrals and information about your rights as a Tenant

Our Guide to Tenant Rights is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil and Vietnamese. The Guide to Tenant Rights has been funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario

Our publications and resources for tenants are available on our Literature & Links page and we have recently produced an online version of the Tenant Survival Manual

Our newsletter, The Tenant, brings you news, facts and information about tenant issues

Our Outreach & Organizing Team offers a wide variety of workshops on tenant rights

Organize Tenants

The Outreach & Organizing Team assists tenant groups challenging Above Guideline Rent Increases (AGI) and conversions and demolitions

Organizers are available to meet with the Tenants in your building, and can help you form a Tenants' Association

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Lobby for Tenants' Rights

We lobby government at all levels to improve tenants' rights: Residential Tenancies Act (RTA), fair tax laws, and the enforcement of municipal standards

We inform the media about tenants' perspectives on issues

The Annual Guideline Amount for 2008 is 1.4% in 2007 it was 2.6%

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