New bylaw passed in Kitchener aims to protect tenants
Kitchener council approved a new bylaw Monday aimed at providing increased protections for tenants.
The regulation will require landlords to offer compensation options to tenants when considering demolishing or converting properties with six or more rental units.
Landlords will be obliged to offer their tenants the choice of alternative accommodation or compensation if they are displaced by demolition or conversion.
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In addition to an alternative rental option, compensation could also consist of one year of free rent or paying tenants 10 months’ worth of rent.
At a committee meeting last week, city planner Lucas Van Meer-Mass told council that while staff had been asked to seek additional protections for tenants, their hands were tied by provincial rental legislation. renovations.
“Staff explored every avenue to apply this regulation to as many circumstances as possible,” van Meer-Mass said. “This will not protect tenants who are displaced by renovations. This is simply a power that the city does not have. »
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