Rent Control

• Quebec adopts controversial housing bill restricting lease transfers

  Lease transfers allow new tenants to benefit from the existing rent and prevents landlords from jacking up the price. But now, landlords can reject lease transfers for any reason.

  Canada

  Feb 21
  
• Vancouver’s plan for SRO rent and vacancy control dealt another legal setback

  In November 2021, Vancouver's previous city council approved the policy, which would have tied rent increases to a specific unit, rather than its tenant.

  Politics

  Feb 2
  
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• ‘Demoralizing’: Rent cap rises to 5% in N.S., putting tenants under further strain

  As of Jan. 1, the province raised allowable rent increases to five per cent, up from the two per cent cap that has been in place since 2020.

  Canada

  Jan 3
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• Minimum wage is up in 6 provinces, but can it help ease affordability pressure?

  In Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the minimum wage remained unchanged on Sunday.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023
• N.B. invests $3M in rent bank, but lack of rent control lessens effectiveness: expert

  New Brunswick has set up a rent bank in the province, but the strategy fell short of rent control, which one professor and researcher says will make it less effective.

  Economy

  Jul 5, 2023
• N.B. housing strategy looks at all options, but no rent cap possible until fall: minister

  The minister responsible for housing in New Brunswick says there can be no legislation, including a rent cap, introduced for housing until October.

  Politics

  May 18, 2023
• N.B. lost more than 8,000 affordable housing units in 5 years: report

  According to a report from the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants' Rights, affordable units declined while those on the higher end of the spectrum doubled.

  Canada

  May 2, 2023
• No rent cap in the near future for Albertans: Nixon

  Recent data from Rentals.ca and Rentfaster.ca showed a more than 25 per cent increase in rents for a two-bedroom rental year over year in March in Calgary.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023
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• N.S. rent cap staying for another 2 years, but annual limit is going up

  Nova Scotia's PC government said the rent cap will be increased to five per cent over the next two years, and remain in effect for 2024 and 2025. 

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023
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• More Calgarians call for cap on rent increases

  A Calgary city councillor is raising the alarm on rapid increases in rents around the city ahead of a protest by a tenant union.

  Consumer

  Mar 21, 2023