ONTARIO GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES 2026 RENT INCREASE GUIDELINE The Government of Ontario has set the annual rent increase guideline for 2026 at 2.1%. The guideline is the maximum percentage that a landlord may increase the rent for a rental unit that is not exempt from...
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES 2025 GUIDELINE RENT INCREASE The Ministry of Housing has confirmed the rent increase guideline for 2025 will remain at 2.5%, unchanged from 2024, and will be in effect through December 31st, 2025. The Ministry is required to calculate and...
Non-profit housing co-operatives are regulated by the Co-operative Corporations Act,R.S.O. 1990, c.C.35 (“the Act”). Procedure to terminate membership and occupancy rights of a member with occupancy rights is set out in section 171.8 of the Act: (A) Majority of Board...
A private landlord and an SHP entered into a standard form of residential lease which specifically stated the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) governed their relationship, and named the housing provider as the sole tenant. Despite this, the Board determined that the...
The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (the “RTA”) has special provisions governing the operations of “Care Homes”. Care Home operators may now also be subject to special regulation under the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 (the “RHA”). A landlord providing rental housing for...
The Divisional Court has ruled that, in the absence of express, permissive language in a lease, a Landlord may not take photographs of the interior of a rental unit and post the images when listing the unit for sale. In particular, the Court stated:...
