Ontario Government Proposes Changes to Renoviction Rules – TPR Hamilton | Hamilton's Civic Affairs News Site

April 16, 2023
The Ontario Conservative government is proposing significant changes to Ontario’s land-use planning laws, regulations, and policies.
Included in Bill 97, the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023, are changed to the Residential Tenancies Act that will “explicitly permit” tenants to install air conditioning units, increasing fines against landlords who violate renoviction and own-use eviction laws,
Residential Tenancies Act Changes:
The Province is inviting comments on landlord-tenant regulations.
1) “Seeking Feedback on Proposed Changes to Help Protect Tenants from Bad Faith Renovation Evictions.”
The Province says it wants to add regulations requiring landlords to provide renovation updates when they evict tenants to ensure tenants are updated when they can exercise their right of return.
The Province proposes to increase the time allowance for people to file to the Landlord Tenant Board when their right to return is violated.
Comments can be submitted to the Ontario Regulatory Registry at this link until May 23, 2023.
2) Allowing portable and window air conditioners in residential units.
The Province proposes to “to explicitly permit tenants to install window or portable A/C units, at the tenant’s cost” in units without central air conditioning.
Comments on implementing A/C regulations are open until May 21, 2023, on the Ontario Regulatory Registry.