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weekender march 14 1987 p7 application submitted tenants unite to protest 152 per cent rent hike by deb bodine champion an application to the rent re view board for rent increases of up to 152 per cent has some tenants in a unionville housing development hopping mad and ready for a fight as a result of recent changes in rent review legislation rental un its built after 1975 are now eligible for rent restrictions retroactive to 1985 affected by this is a group of approximately 200 link homes located on the north side of bul lock dr north of hwy 7 theyre managed by middle- field estates ltd of toronto the firm has applied to the rent review board for permission to increase rents above the accepted government rates to do so ex plained property manager marilyn smyth a form for each home had to be submitted stating actual expences incurred per unit divided by 12 to arrive at a maximum monthly rental fee in some cases those figures amounted to an increase of 152 per cent the acceptable govern ment rate for increase is four per cent for 198586 and 52 per cent for 198788 tenants jennifer wood rhon da magnus and sharon burns have formed a committee to take action against the proposed rent hikes were fighting this as hard as we can said ms magnus who is facing a possible 152 per cent in crease equivalent to 125 per month the committee sent notices to over 200 middlefield homes asking for support over 60 forms have been signed and returned thus far each tenant listing in de tail the reasons why the applica tion for increases in excess of 52 per cent should be turned down ms wood suggested that perhaps new tenants do not real ize that they too could benefit from opposing the application for rent increases i dont think that some of the tenants realize that even if their proposed increase is low they could possibly receive a rebate for 8586 if the rent was increased by more than four per cent she said ms magnus and the other com mittee members assert that the proposed increases are not justifi able because of the poor service and lack of proper maintenance provided by middlefield estates ltd its not just because we cant afford it said ms magnus its beginning to look like a slum the problem of leaking base ments causing flooding and mois ture damage was a common com plaint in many of the signed peti tions ms wood said that she is unable to use her basement even for storage since the smell is so bad as a result of excess moisture and mildew since november ms wood says she has called middlefield four times to have her bannister repaired and still has had no re sponse when the siding blew off her house in a windstorm it took over a year to have it replaced it be came a neighborhood joke when the door to the storage area link ing her home with her neighbors blew off every time it got windy other complaints relating to maintenance include large holes in walls sloping and badly squeaking floors flea infestation smelly carpets that wont come clean poor lawn care and no pro fessional landscaping tenants complain that the homes are not cleaned repaired or painted be tween occupants property manager marilyn smyth explained that it is com pany policy to paint only if there is a gap between tenants im extremely pleased with the response to the petition said ms magnus the originals are being sent to the review board and copies are also being sent to mpp don cousens in the hope of ral lying his- support as a company we have to look at market values said ms smyth even with the maximum increases the rents are still at or slightly below market value for the area she added if you can only increase the rents 52 per cent and youre losing money youll just keep losing money year after year good tenants are worth their weight in gold we cant go too high either or well end up with empty units she concluded your local dealer heating air conditioning 4791290 all air conditioners onsale until april 15th dealer rhonda magnus left sharon burns and jennifer wood on floor met at the wood residence last week to discuss rental rate increases prop osed by middlefield estates limited bill lanning qbgagsss32 muivmt vrrrrr the best thing to happen to cake since cake cakes made with dairy queen soft serve round cakes heartshaped cakes cake logs too made with light chocolate cake crunch cool and creamy chocolate and vanilla dq soft serve plus rich cold fudge and delicious idng frozen and packaged tor easy take home you can have round and heartshaped decorated for any occasion too but why not make tonight special treat your family to a new dairy queen cake dessert cake heart cake 8 round cake 2 10 round cake 11 round cake 9 9 cake log aso delicious taste at an easytoswallow price dairy queen we treat you right regnwrd trade ma tra marta office coao cauda amencan diiy oxen corpdaycijn canada inc regiitefrd thct dairy queen brazier store 10 wellington st e markham rd hwy 7 2944999