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Jay Cockburn

Jay Cockburn is a British journalist in Toronto who writes, reports and makes podcasts about cities and their stories. He’s currently producing City Space for the Globe and Mail, and has reported on Toronto’s missing middle for 99% Invisible.

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Investigation by Jay Cockburn

Tenants See Evictions; Their Landlord Sees a Revolutionary New Business Model

As CEO of Harrington Housing, Jonas Emre says he’s “transforming” the rental sector with a new model of flexible co-living. Tenants say he’s evicting them, subdividing their apartments, and attempting to sidestep the protections of the RTA.

Investigation by Jay Cockburn

The New Middlemen of the Rental Market

With demand high and renters desperate, property management companies like Urby Housing are using non-standard rental agreements that try to sidestep the protections of the Residential Tenancies Act in creative, increasingly brazen ways.

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