Item - 2014.LS29.4

The Licensing and Standards Committee:

1.         Requested the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to include in the ongoing review of the Multi-Residential Apartment Buildings (MRAB) Audit and Enforcement Program:

a.         a review of the capacity and processes within Municipal Licensing and Standards or other City Divisions to implement remedial action in a timely fashion; and

b.         a review of the feasibility, merits and experience at other jurisdictions, in licensing landlords in Toronto.

This report provides Licensing and Standards Committee with an update on the Multi-residential Apartment Buildings Audit and Enforcement program (MRAB). The program was developed to ensure that minimum property and maintenance standards within multi-residential rental properties are maintained in accordance with the City's property standards by-laws.

This report highlights some of the ongoing work and upcoming enhancements to the MRAB program, some of which have resulted from stakeholder consultations, Committee recommendations and an internal review of the program. The enhancements include: formalizing program goals, establishing service standards, development of a risk-based approach to audit selection and greater emphasis on resolution and escalated enforcement. The report also includes 2013 year end statistical data related to program activities.

The report was prepared in consultation with Toronto Public Health.