Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations
For the musicians see FMTA (band)
The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) is a non-profit tenants' advocacy and service organization in Toronto, Ontario founded in 1974. The FMTA is the oldest and largest tenant federation in Canada and is comprised of individual tenants and tenant organizations.
The organization is contracted by the City of Toronto to provide a tenant's hotline which offers referrals and legal information to tenants seeking advice. The federation is also contracted by the City of Toronto to provide an organizing and outreach team which assists tenants to fight above guideline rent increases as well as tenant education. Funding comes from the city's Tenant DeFence Fund.
The FMTA's membership organization, which is funded by members rather than the city, advocates for tenant rights and improvements in city services and landlord-tenant law.
In 2009, the FMTA exposed a landlord's database which violated privacy laws by making personal information AbOUT tenant's available on the internet.