This Thunder Bay, Ont. group is calling on the province to repeal its latest housing bill

A Thunder Bay legal clinic has joined more than 130 organizations across Ontario calling on Premier Doug Ford to repeal a section of Bill 60.

Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic, which provides legal advice to low-income residents, said will the bill make it harder for tenants to stay housed.

Released Nov. 10 and signed by 134 groups, the letter argues Schedule 12 of the bill will “grow homelessness and encampments and undermine the right to housing” by fast-tracking evictions and removing what little compensation renters currently receive when displaced.

ADVOCATES SAY THE BILL WILL WORSEN HOMELESSNESS

Organizations say the legislation shortens the notice period for non-payment of rent, reducing it from 14 days to seven, which means landlords can move to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LT