This is the best summary I could come up with:

The City of Toronto says it has received more than 55,000 complaints this week about its vacant home tax notices of assessment from homeowners who claim their properties were occupied last year.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow apologized on Thursday for confusion created by the notices of assessment, saying she will sort out the problem.

Diec said she will have to pay a late fee of $21.24 for failing to fill out the declaration of occupancy in time, which she said is a “money grab” by the city.

Duncan Ralston, a writer, said in an email on Thursday that he received a bill for $5,200 split into three payments, even though he filed his declaration of occupancy status before the deadline.

This was my first hint that something went very wrong on their end, especially when they added something like, ‘be patient, the portal might be down due to a high volume of visitors to the website.’"

Under the vacant home tax bylaw, owners are required to declare occupancy status of their properties every year.

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What, that they weren’t vacant? One should take a look at some of the TCHC properties that are vacant. There are quite a few in my building.