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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.
Pressure mounts for Ontario to extend rent controls to all tenants by Susan Pigg (Toronto Star, 31 May 2013) Ontario NDP wants to close rent control loophole by William Wolfe-Wylie (Postmedia News, 4 June 2013) Gilderbloom, J. I., and J. P. Markham. 1996. "Moderate rent control: sixty cities over 20 years." Journal of Urban Affairs 18(4):409-10.
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.
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was first briefly introduced in Ontario under the National Housing Act 1944.After lobbying by business it was repealed in under a decade.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]
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).
Under the RTA, a tenant must be in possession of a rental unit prior to filing an application with the board. [9] If a landlord would like to make a claim against a tenant after a tenant has vacated the rental unit, the landlord must file an L10 with the LTB. [10] [11]
In Canada, the laws governing property management and landlord/tenant relations are, generally speaking, a Provincial responsibility. [citation needed] Each Province and Territory makes its own laws on these matters. In most cases, any person or company can offer property management services, and there are licensing requirements.
The landlord-tenant relationship is defined by existence of a leasehold estate. [4] Traditionally, the only obligation of the landlord in the United States was to grant the estate to the tenant, [5] although in England and Wales, it has been clear since 1829 that a Landlord must put a tenant into possession. [6]