Residential Tenancy Reform Consultation Paper
Residential Tenancy Reform Consultation Paper - Michael Walker
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RESIDENTIAL TENANCY REFORM CONSULTATION PAPER<br />
5. What should be done if landlords fail to properly maintain rental buildings?<br />
Circle as many as apply.<br />
a) Do not allow any rent increases if a landlord has not complied with a work order.<br />
b) Do not allow any above-guideline rent increases if a landlord has not complied with a work order.<br />
c) Expand what the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal can order a landlord to do when a tenant reports inadequate<br />
maintenance. New options could include forbidding rent increases or forcing the landlord to permanently lower the rent.<br />
d) No opinion/don’t know.<br />
REGIONAL DECONTROL<br />
In some communities, where there is a high vacancy rate, strict rules about rent aren’t always necessary. To help encourage<br />
developers to build new rental apartments, the government is looking at removing the rent controls when vacancy rates<br />
are high. This is known as “regional decontrol.”<br />
6. In your opinion, how high should a region’s vacancy rate be before the government looks at removing<br />
rent controls?<br />
Circle one.<br />
a) 3 per cent.<br />
b) Higher than 3 per cent.<br />
c) No opinion/don’t know.<br />
7. If a region is decontrolled what rent rules should be eliminated?<br />
Circle one.<br />
a) Eliminate rules around rents for new tenants, the annual rent increase guideline and above-guideline increases.<br />
b) Eliminate rules around rents for new tenants, but keep rules around the annual rent increase guideline and aboveguideline<br />
rent increases.<br />
c) No opinion/don’t know.<br />
INTEREST ON RENT DEPOSITS<br />
Right now, landlords can require tenants to pay one month’s deposit in order to move in. Landlords must use this money<br />
for the last month the tenant lives in the rental unit. Until the tenant leaves, landlords must pay the tenant 6 per cent<br />
interest per year on the deposit.<br />
8. What interest rate should be paid on rent deposits?<br />
Circle one.<br />
a) Change it to a fixed rate of 3 per cent.<br />
b) Keep it at a fixed rate of 6 per cent.<br />
c) Change it to a variable rate. This rate could be based on the inflation rate, or on the interest rate on a common type<br />
of investment such as a Guaranteed Investment Certificate.<br />
d) No opinion/don’t know.<br />
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