City News is reporting that tenants of a Flemingdon Park apartment owned by the Minto Group have been ordered by the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) to pay back withheld rent immediately. Many ternants have been on a so-called rent strike since August 1. At that time they had also receive notice of an increase. The striking tenants had applied for an adjournment so they could make their arguments against Minto, but the LTB denied the request. At the hearing on Monday, the board ordered the tenants to pay their outstanding rent in 11 days on average, barring extenuating circumstances of face eviction.
