WATCH: Ontario to introduce new housing bill at 1:30 p.m.

VIDEO: Ontario housing minister, Steve Clark, is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. to introduce legislation to support homebuyers and protect tenants.

Steve Clark will introduce legislation outlining the “latest steps” the government is taking to make sure Ontario is ready to build 1.5 million homes by 2031.

READ MORE: Ontario to beef up tenant protections, housing minister says

Renters will have new protections against so-called renovictions, Ontario’s housing minister said Wednesday.

The government is proposing changes that include requiring landlords to give tenants a 60-day grace period to move back in once renovations are complete at the same rent they were paying before.

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