Over 600 fire safety compliance orders have been issued and more properties are passing their first inspections since the launch of Brampton\u2019s landlord registration program, according to a new report.<\/p>\n
The sometimes controversial Residential Rental License (RRL) program started as a pilot for landlords in wards 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7, requiring property owners with properties that have four or fewer rental units to obtain a license to operate.<\/p>\n
But the program went city-wide this year following a fire at a rental home that killed three adults, a two-year-old child and an unborn baby.<\/p>\n
Brampton Bylaw Services has handed out penalty notices with fines of $695,550 issued under the RRL program<\/a>, and a new report shows there have been 620 fire safety inspection orders issued \u201cwhere deficiencies were identified\u201d since January 2024.<\/p>\n Initial fire safety inspection compliance rates have jumped from 39 per cent when the program first launched to 66 per cent, \u201cindicating more properties are meeting minimum requirements prior to corrective action,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n More than 1,130 properties were brought into fire safety compliance following \u201cfire prevention inspection and corrective action.\u201d<\/p>\n