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Hamilton rental licensing a tax...on tenants
In reviewing the most recent report to the City of Hamilton Planning and Economic Development Department in concern to the Regulation of Rental Housing in Hamilton, Michael Jackson sums it up the best "All I really wanna say is they don't really care about us". "US".... the residents, investors and taxpayers of the City of Hamilton.
A little background on rental housing in the City of Hamilton. Back in the early 1950's, as people returned from World War 2, the City realized it had a severe housing shortage on its' hands. At that point they promoted the building of small single detached homes and the division of larger homes into rental units. The owners of the homes that were divided into apartments went to City Hall and "registered" their units with the City. These homes would later become "Legal Non-Conforming" use properties, meaning that even though they didn't meet the zoning requirements for their use, the City recognized them and permitted them....as long as their use never changed to anything less. Meaning, as soon as someone used the legal non-conforming duplex as a single family home, they lost the legal non-conforming use and changing it back to a duplex would require the proper zoning, permits etc.
Read the full article here.
In reviewing the most recent report to the City of Hamilton Planning and Economic Development Department in concern to the Regulation of Rental Housing in Hamilton, Michael Jackson sums it up the best "All I really wanna say is they don't really care about us". "US".... the residents, investors and taxpayers of the City of Hamilton.
A little background on rental housing in the City of Hamilton. Back in the early 1950's, as people returned from World War 2, the City realized it had a severe housing shortage on its' hands. At that point they promoted the building of small single detached homes and the division of larger homes into rental units. The owners of the homes that were divided into apartments went to City Hall and "registered" their units with the City. These homes would later become "Legal Non-Conforming" use properties, meaning that even though they didn't meet the zoning requirements for their use, the City recognized them and permitted them....as long as their use never changed to anything less. Meaning, as soon as someone used the legal non-conforming duplex as a single family home, they lost the legal non-conforming use and changing it back to a duplex would require the proper zoning, permits etc.
Read the full article here.