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Rent regulation was first briefly introduced in Ontario under the National Housing Act 1944.After lobbying by business it was repealed in under a decade. The modern history of rent controls began in July 1975 when the Residential Premises Rent Review Act 1975 was enacted after the demand for rent controls became a major issue in the period leading to the 1975 provincial election. [2]
The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (RTA 2006) is the law in the province of Ontario, Canada, that governs landlord and tenant relations in residential rental accommodations. The Act received royal assent on June 22, 2006, and was proclaimed into law on January 31, 2007.
The bill made a number of amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and the Housing Services Act, 2011, including giving landlords the power to offer tenants take-it-or-leave-it repayment plans, bypassing the Landlord and Tenant Board, and allowing landlords to make applications for arrears of rent up to twelve months after the tenant left the rental unit.
Rents can only be increased for sitting tenants once a year by a maximum of 110% of the consumer price index for the cost of rent in the ACT. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] [ 51 ] Rents between tenancies are not regulated, and are allowed to rise to market rate upon vacancy (vacancy decontrol).
Rent regulation was first introduced in Ontario under the National Housing Act, 1944. The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 is the current law in Ontario that governs landlord and tenant relations in residential rental accommodations. [2] The Act received royal assent on June 22, 2006 and was proclaimed into law on January 31, 2007.
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the number of rental units was reduced by 15% and tenants were 8-9% less likely to move due to rent control. [55] Tenants paid 40% below market rates on their units, and the value of properties was diminished by 45%. [55]
The Landlord and Tenant Board (French: Commission de la location immobilière) is an adjudicative tribunal operating in the province of Ontario that provides dispute resolution of landlord and tenant matters under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
In August 2023, the Ontario government announced that it was postponing a provincewide property reassessment as it conducts a new review of the accuracy and fairness of the system. In 2022 alone, MPAC added more than $37.8 billion to municipal rolls across Ontario through its assessments of new construction and renovated properties.