Renters’ rights blueprint needs more teeth, clarity on provincial and territorial expectations: tenant advocates

ACORN Canada’s Tanya Burkart says the final Renters' Bill of Rights needs a nationalized lease structure, and stricter rent and vacancy controls.

Housing Minister Sean Fraser unveiled a 'blueprint' for the proposed Renters' Bill of Rights on Sept. 16, setting out four principles the government says will help create 'fair and well-functioning renting systems' across the country.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

September 25, 2024

Housing advocates are celebrating the federal government’s blueprint to build a national bill of rights for Canadian renters as a step in the right direction. However, to ensure provinces and territories respect those rights, they say greater clarity on the expectations an...

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