Tenant Rights

• ‘Landmark’ Quebec ruling states no-pet clause violates Charter rights

  Renters in Quebec may soon have final say over whether they're allowed to keep pets in their homes following a legal ruling that no-pet clauses in leases violate Charter rights.

  Canada

  Mar 23
  
• Halifax tenant locked out of apartment after fighting landlord eviction

  A Halifax man says he's without a place to live after he returned from work to find his belongings thrown out of his apartment. 

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2024
  
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• Committee approves motion to investigate solutions to renovictions in London, Ont.

  If passed through council, the motion would direct staff to find municipal options to prevent renovictions and report back to committee by September.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2024
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• Landlord pressuring them to leave, live in poor conditions, Montreal tenants argue

  The tenants say the landlord of the Grand Boulevard apartment complex is purposefully neglecting the building and avoiding repairs in order to get them to move out.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 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
• Apartment residents say they’re being forced out for repairs, offered $5K to leave early

  The letters went out to 20 units on Friday, claiming that leases would be terminated by the end of August in order to facilitate major renovations.

  Canada

  May 5, 2023
• Hamilton tenants at Main Street residence with no running water still awaiting fix

  A landlord has until after March 8 to repair a problem that has left residents at 1083 Main St. E., in Hamilton without running water for close to two months.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2023
• Rent control: What tenants should know as rental prices surge across Canada  

  'Landlords use a variety of strategies and tactics to push and price tenants out of their homes,' said one community legal worker in Toronto, Ont.

  Canada

  Jan 28, 2023
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• Nova Scotia studying creation of enforcement unit for tenant-landlord disputes

  Both tenants rights groups and landlord associations have been for years calling for an enforcement system, saying N.S. doesn't have the resources to manage disputes.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2022
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• Vancouver tenants left shivering for over a month, no timeline in sight for heating fix

  With the building's boiler busted, tenant Joshua Chartrand said he's been bundled up in his unit and shivering while working from home for about six weeks.

  Consumer

  Nov 7, 2022