City implements relief for its not-for-profit tenants
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Vaughan provides rent
deferral for three months in response to COVID-19
The City of Vaughan recognizes the economic hardships placed on its not-for-profit tenants due to ongoing City building closures during the global COVID-19 pandemic. During a recent special Council meeting, Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua and Members of Council approved the deferral of rent for its not-for-profit tenants. This is a three-month rent deferral from April to June 2020.
The City of Vaughan recognizes the economic hardships placed on its not-for-profit tenants due to ongoing City building closures during the global COVID-19 pandemic. During a recent special Council meeting, Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua and Members of Council approved the deferral of rent for its not-for-profit tenants. This is a three-month rent deferral from April to June 2020.
This
is the latest in a series of measures introduced by the City to provide relief
to the community and help ease the financial burden caused by COVID-19. Other
implemented measures include waiving the late penalty charge on interim tax
bills, cancelling the planned 2020 water and wastewater rate increases and deferring
of the annual stormwater charge.
Tax
credits
The
City of Vaughan extended the deadline to apply for the Elderly
Home-Owners Tax Assistance (PDF)
program to May 15. The Elderly Home-Owners Tax Assistance program is a tax
credit in the amount of $377 provided by the City to elderly homeowners who
qualify. The City also continues to operate its Seniors, Low-Income Seniors and
Low-Income Disabled Persons Property Tax Deferral program (PDF). The deadline for this
program remains Sept. 30.
As
well, interim tax bill payments for the March 26, April 27 and May 27 due dates
will not be subject to any late payment fee or interest until June 1. Further
extensions may be granted thereafter. More information is available at vaughan.ca/PropertyTax.
Water
and wastewater charge
During
the City’s first-ever electronic-participation Council meeting held on March
30, Vaughan Council voted
to defer the annual stormwater charge for 60
days and to cancel the planned 2020 water and wastewater rate increases. This
will help provide immediate relief to citizens and businesses. Additional
details are available at vaughan.ca/water.
Waste
collection
With
more people staying home and practising physical distancing as a result of
COVID-19, the City of Vaughan is reinstating leaf and yard waste collection in
response to community needs. Pick up began the week of April 21 and will be collected
every second week on the same day as regularly scheduled garbage pickups.
Depending on the service area, collection will begin the week of April 21
(yellow zone) or April 28 (blue zone).
Due
to volume, collection may be slower than usual – residents are encouraged to
leave leaf and yard waste out into the following day if it is not picked up.
Visit vaughan.ca/waste
for leaf and yard waste program details and requirements.
The
City asks that large or bulky items, such as furniture, be held and not placed
outside for pickup to help collectors manage the additional garbage volumes
during this time.
Many
other City services continue to be offered online or via telephone, including
the Service Vaughan reporting tool at vaughan.ca/ServiceVaughan,
Vaughan Public
Libraries’
online resources, virtual fitness classes and online Vaughan Playschool
activities through Recreation
Services, the recently launched online corporate
art gallery, Art
Integration Collection and the Economic
and Cultural Development department front-line services.
Those who feel unwell and believe they
have symptoms related to COVID-19 should contact York Region Public Health at
1-800-361-5653 or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000. For additional
information and resources on COVID-19, visit York Region's website at york.ca/COVID19.
For more information about City matters,
please call Access Vaughan at 905-832-2281 or visit vaughan.ca.
To receive the City’s latest COVID-19
updates as they happen, sign up for the City Update eNewsletter at vaughan.ca/CityUpdate and follow the City’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
channels.
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