The proposed changes would allow tenants to count on-time rent payments toward their credit score, require landlords to disclose property pricing history so tenants can bargain fairly on their rent and will provide $15 million in new funding to provincial legal aid organizations to protect tenants from unfair rising rent, evictions and “bad landlords.”
Dirks said renters account for one-third of all households in Manitoba. He says having a bill that prevents excessive rent increases will help keep neighbourhoods affordable.“Preventing excessive rent increases not only sort of keeps buildings and neighbourhoods affordable, but it also keeps the people living there from being forced out because of high rent increases,” Dirks said.
“Overall, it’s a little bit of smoke and mirrors because it’s really not going to change much. But politicians are known for that,” Charach told Global News.Charach said he does have some concern with providing funding to legal aid organizations to help tenants deal with “bad landlords.”“The only concern we have is a tenant calls up and says ‘My landlord is bad’ and they give them money, and the landlord is not bad in that case.
“We support making life more affordable for everyone, including renters, and helping to make the dream of home ownership a reality,” the statement read.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: GlobalCalgary - 🏆 50. / 61 Read more »
Source: SooToday - 🏆 8. / 85 Read more »
Source: BurnabyNOW_News - 🏆 14. / 77 Read more »
Source: PGCitizen - 🏆 65. / 51 Read more »
Source: DCN_Canada - 🏆 17. / 74 Read more »
Source: YahooFinanceCA - 🏆 47. / 63 Read more »