Rent Geared-to-Income (Rent Freeze Period)
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| Date Retrieved: | 2024-10-04 |
| CLNP Page ID: | 1976 |
| Page Categories: | [Payment of Rent (LTB)] |
| Citation: | Rent Geared-to-Income (Rent Freeze Period), CLNP 1976, <>, retrieved on 2024-10-04 |
| Editor: | Sharvey |
| Last Updated: | 2022/08/22 |
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Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17
2 (1) In this Act,
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- “rent” includes the amount of any consideration paid or given or required to be paid or given by or on behalf of a tenant to a landlord or the landlord’s agent for the right to occupy a rental unit and for any services and facilities and any privilege, accommodation or thing that the landlord provides for the tenant in respect of the occupancy of the rental unit, whether or not a separate charge is made for services and facilities or for the privilege, accommodation or thing, but “rent” does not include,
- (a) an amount paid by a tenant to a landlord to reimburse the landlord for property taxes paid by the landlord with respect to a mobile home or a land lease home owned by a tenant, or
- (b) an amount that a landlord charges a tenant of a rental unit in a care home for care services or meals; (“loyer”)
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7 (1) Paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 of subsection 30 (1), sections 48.1, 49.1, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 and 95 to 99, subsection 100 (2) and sections 101, 102, 104, 111 to 115, 117, 120, 121, 122, 126 to 133, 140, 143, 149, 150, 151, 159, 165 and 167 do not apply with respect to a rental unit described below:
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136.1 (3) No landlord shall increase the rent charged to a tenant during the rent freeze period, even if notice of the increase was given before the day the Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 receives Royal Assent. 2020, c. 23, Sched. 7, s. 2.
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136.1 (5) For greater certainty, in the event of a conflict between this section and a regulation made under section 50 of the Housing Services Act, 2011, this section prevails. 2020, c. 23, Sched. 7, s. 2.
Housing Services Act, 2011, S.O. 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1
50 (1) The service manager shall determine the amount of rent payable by a household receiving rent-geared-to-income assistance for a unit in a housing project in the service manager’s service area. 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 50 (1).
- (2) The service manager’s determination shall be made in accordance with the requirements prescribed for the purposes of this subsection. 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 50 (2).
- (3) A determination under this section is binding on the housing provider. 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 50 (3).
