Tenants' Rights

• Quebec’s housing crisis has worsened since moving day, group says

  Housing advocates in Quebec are sounding alarms, saying the number of people without homes since the province's traditional moving day more than two months ago has only grown.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2024
  
• Montreal officials to increase apartment building inspections

  The City of Montreal is planning to crack down on landlords who don't keep their buildings and apartment units up to code.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2024
  
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• Montreal real estate developer to let rental board decide on case of holdout tenant

  Mondev senior partners Michael and David Owen say they've already made numerous offers to tenant Carla White, who has so far refused to leave her apartment.

  Canada

  May 31, 2023
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• Lone tenant in a $400-a-month apartment could delay major condo project

  Carla White, who declined to give her age, says she was homeless after multiple previous evictions before she found a home she could afford a decade ago.

  Canada

  May 30, 2023
• ‘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, 2023
• Montreal SPCA, Opposition urge government to ban no-pet clauses in residential leases

  As moving season approaches, the Montreal SPCA and Québec Solidaire are urging the provincial government to ban no-pet clauses in residential lease agreements.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2023
• 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
• Advocates launch cross-Quebec tour to demand more social housing

  Housing rights advocates argue that Quebec's plan to distribute up to $600 to households this fall won't help some people to pay their rent.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2022
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• Tenants ‘anxious’ as New Brunswick’s temporary rent cap winds down

  A 3.8 per cent temporary cap on rent increases introduced earlier this year is set to end on Dec. 31. Stakeholders are warning this could lead to a spike in evictions.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2022
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• Hampstead makes move to protect tenants with bylaw

  The town of Hampstead recently passed a draft amendment to a bylaw which they say will better protect tenants and enforce a current law.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2022