Landlords

• Rental search in hot market causing stress for many: ‘There’s just not enough’

  Giacomo Ladas, communications director for Rentals.ca, says the difficulties in the current rental market across the country aren't likely to ease up soon.

  Canada

  Sep 24
  
• Manitoba NDP pledge higher rent credit, tighter controls on rent hikes

  Manitoba New Democrats are promising to increase a tax credit for renters and make it harder for landlords to raise rents above the province's annual guideline.

  Politics

  Aug 25
  
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• How low-income renters could get frozen out of B.C.’s free AC program

  Landlord approval and the need for a BC Hydro account are among the hurdles some B.C. renters say are preventing them from accessing the program.

  Politics

  Aug 7
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• Ontario caps 2024 rent increases at 2.5%; does not apply to newer units

  Most Ontario landlords will be able to increase rent by up to 2.5 per cent next year.

  Canada

  Jun 30
• Montreal passes bylaw with heavier fines, stricter regulations for negligent landlords

  The City of Montreal is imposing tighter rules, heftier fines and stricter regulations for negligent building owners, especially for vacant heritage sites.

  Canada

  May 11
• ‘It is shameful’: Large crowd demands more housing legislation in Nova Scotia

  Protestors rallied in front of Province House Wednesday, voicing their demands for housing legislation changes by the Nova Scotia government.

  Politics

  Apr 5
• ‘Do not sign a fixed-term lease’: Warning from Halifax student after landlord won’t renew

  A Nova Scotia student has been renting a one-bedroom apartment owned by Peppermint Properties on a fixed-term lease, but the landlord has decided to not renew it.

  Canada

  Mar 28
• B.C. landlords will now have to pay tenants interest on their damage deposit

  B.C.'s tenancy laws have required landlords to calculate interest on security deposits for the past 40 years, but the prime interest rate has been below the threshold since 2009.

  Economy

  Feb 1
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• Halifax one step closer to rental registry after bylaw passes first reading

  Halifax regional council has passed the first reading of a bylaw that would implement a registry of all rental properties in the municipality.

  Canada

  Jan 24
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• B.C. boosts funding for agency tasked with settling tenant-landlord disputes

  Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said the funding amounts to a 40 per cent boost to the agency's operating budget, and will allow the RTB to hire as many as 50 new full time staff.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2022