Some Ontario landlords are calling for 'automatic' evictions for tenants who don't pay rent
When Zahid Mahmood bought a house in 2021, he hoped rental income could help him and his wife save money to pay for post-secondary education for their three children. Instead, he's in debt with more than $24,000 in unpaid rent from his former tenants, and a massive mess to clean up.
![Some Ontario landlords are calling for 'automatic' evictions for tenants who don't pay rent](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7151195.1711045212!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/christopher-seepe.jpg)
![Landlord Christopher Seepe has started a petition, asking the province to change Ontario's rules to make it easier and faster to evict tenants for non-payment of rent. Christopher Seepe sits and his kitchen table looking at a laptop.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7151195.1711045212!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/christopher-seepe.jpg)
When Zahid Mahmood bought a house in 2021, he hoped rental income could help him and his wife save money to pay for post-secondary education for their three children. Instead, he's in debt with more than $24,000 in unpaid rent from his former tenants, and a massive mess to clean up.