by Mary Jansenberger | Jul 3, 2024 | Articles, Rent Control Bulletins
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...
by witgdev | Jul 14, 2023 | Rent Control Bulletins
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...
by witgdev | Jul 11, 2023 | Rent Control Bulletins
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...
by witgdev | Jul 10, 2023 | Rent Control Bulletins
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...
by witgdev | Jul 10, 2023 | Rent Control Bulletins, Rental Housing Law
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:...
by witgdev | Jul 10, 2023 | Rent Control Bulletins
Many residential landlords have expressed a preference, in their marketing and in admissions policy, for rentals to persons aged 50-plus. It has long been the view of landlords’ lawyers, however, that restricting tenancies to persons aged 50-plus, and rejecting...
