Question Period
Tenant protection
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I want to thank the member opposite for that question. I think we can all agree that this year has not been like any other, which is why our government has frozen rents for Ontario’s 1.7 million rental households. The legislation ensures that the vast majority of tenants in Ontario will not see a rent increase in 2021, as we work to get Ontario back on track. We have also amended the RTA to mandate that adjudicators consider whether a landlord has made an effort to negotiate a repayment agreement with their tenants before the Landlord and Tenant Board can issue an eviction order for nonpayment of rent from March 17, 2020, onward. This change emphasizes to the landlords that it’s important to make efforts to negotiate a repayment agreement with their tenants and to help maintain tenancies, as opposed to resorting to evictions.
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