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RSS FeedsLandlords who evict tenants for their own use will have to offer compensation, proposed legislation says
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27 april 2017 16:31:59

 
Landlords who evict tenants for their own use will have to offer compensation, proposed legislation says
(The Star Movies)
 


Ontario landlords would have to compensate tenants they evict for their “own use” under the province’s proposed rental legislation.The highlights of the new protections were presented as part of the province’s housing affordability plan last week.But details of the “Rental Fairness Act,” which amends the Residential Tenancies Act and is in second reading, are now public.Landlords would have to offer tenants a new unit or compensate them with one month’s rent, if the bill passes as written.Geordie Dent, executive director of the Federation of Metro Tenants` Associations said this will “disincentive landlords from acting illegally, which is great.”It’s hard to know how many people are evicted yearly based on these grounds, as the forms landlords use to do it, the N12, are not tracked. But tenant advocates say it’s a widespread issue.Landlords will also have to put in writing to the Landlord and Tenant Board that they need the unit for at least a year and are acting in “good faith.”That means if your landlord evicts you so that he or she or a family member can live in the unit and then you see it on Craigslist two months later for higher rent, it’s on them to explain to the Landlord and Tenant Board.“Right now when that happens the tenants have to prove the landlord acted in bad faith, now what they’re doing is reversing the onus,” said Dent.Landlords are unhappy about the new rules.“This will have a very significant impact on small landlords and a very significant impact on condominiums,” said Jim Murphy, president of the Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario.He believes the “tight” new rules will result in some small investors selling off units because they don’t see them as worth the extra trouble.“That again will be bad news for tenants because there’ll just be less supply,” he ...


 
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