{"id":71419,"date":"2026-04-14T07:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=71419"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:57:46","slug":"podcast-spacing-radio-094-the-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/04\/14\/podcast-spacing-radio-094-the-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2026\/02\/27\/the-overhead-rent-control-and-rent-hikes\/\">The Overhead<\/a>. But on the main feed, we&#8217;re bringing you two perspectives on renting in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Irwin is President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/frpo.org\/\">Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario,<\/a> and he has perspective on how to build more purpose-built rental housing. We also ask him about his support for the controversial provincial Bill 60.<\/p>\n<p>Then we talk to Bruno Dobrusin, organizer with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tenantunion.ca\/\">Toronto South-Weston Tenants Union<\/a>, about renters&#8217; rights, rent strikes, and the creation of a new, city-wide union.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the podcast on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/spacing-radio\/id1124077274\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7j3L15Vo36v6MJGXask9HG\">Spotify<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\">SoundCloud<\/a>, or follow our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:233628346\/sounds.rss\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2302340123&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Spacing Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacing Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Episode 94: The Landlords\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\/episode-94-the-landlords\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 94: The Landlords<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve covered a lot of research about housing with out special series The Overhead. 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