Abstract
In jurisdictions with security of tenure regimes that limit no-fault evictions, renovictions emerge as a strategy to increase rents and the profitability and market value of rental units. Within the context of the current housing crisis in Canada, renovictions receive increased attention from media. Through a media analysis of news articles from five prominent Canadian print news sources, this paper investigates the ways in which the popular print media in Canada present renovictions. The results indicate that the media captures common justifications for the practice, presents the vulnerabilities of renovicted tenants, the consequences of renovictions, and tenants’ attempts to halt renovictions. This paper contributes an improved understanding of the presentation of renoviction and vulnerability as consequences of housing commodification. Further, it summarizes the discourse on renovations which is consumed by the public and policymakers who can advocate for and make changes to residential tenancy acts.
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