'Shame!': Parkdale tenants protest rent increases by MetCap Living Management

More than 50tenants who rent from MetCap Living Management are staging a noisy protestat the company's head office in downtown Toronto against recent rent increases.

The tenantssay the rent hikes are drivinglower income people out of Parkdale.

MetCapLiving Management, which owns 19 buildings inParkdale, has been accused of making quick renovations and hiking rent after tenants move out.

• 'Eviction by another name': tenants protest rent increases by Parkdale landlord

Advocates say the rent increases are "eviction by another name" and arepart of the gentrification sweeping the neighbourhood.

"Shame!" the protesters yelled. "Show us your face!"

MetCapLiving CEO Brent Merrill, contacted on Wednesday by CBC Toronto, was not available for comment on Thursday.

Protesters marched along the street, then moved to the office lobby. From there, they began to bang on the door. They talked to delivery people going into the building.

Nobody from MetCap Living Managementaddressed the protesters.

Toronto police ordered the protesters to stay in the head office's lobby.