Word of the editor

The situation is as follows: the tenant above complains about a door being violently closed by the tenant below. This situation prevents the tenant upstairs from peacefully enjoying his housing. The owner is faced with two possibilities.

We are frequently asked this question. You should know that the administrative judge who will render his decision on the case will have to consider the evidence submitted to him/her to make his decision.

Too often landlords rely on a verbal agreement to enforce the lease.
This is often the case for the no-smoking clause. Many rental housing owners contact us asking for the respect of a verbal agreement on the prohibition of smoking in a dwelling, in vain unfortunately, unless there is a clear writing.

On May 17, 2022, the Court of Québec rendered a decision in the context of an objection to a writ of eviction from a housing. In this particular case, a decision was rendered by the Administrative Housing Tribunal, terminating the lease and ordering the eviction of the occupants due to an appeal by the landlords for recovery of three (3) months of unpaid rent.

There are situations that make you really sad. This one is about an overly nice landlord, who got caught in a difficult situation because of a combination of his kindness, the law and his tenant.

Last year, the landlord signed a lease starting on July 1, 2021 and ending on June 30, 2022. Shortly before the first of July, the landlord receives a call from his tenant informing him that he cannot move before July 4, 2021. He asked the landlord to change the lease so that it starts on July 4, 2021 and ends on June 30, 2022. The landlord agreed to change the dates on the lease. In March 2022, the landlord sends a notice of modification of the lease to his tenant informing him of the conditions of the renewal.

On March 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada decided to hear the appeal in Janick Murray-Hall v. Attorney General of Québec(1), concerning a decision on the possibility of growing cannabis at home and the legality of the Cannabis Regulation Act(2).

By agreeing to hear this case, the country’s highest court could rule that the current provisions prohibiting the cultivation of cannabis at home must be struck down.

If this is the case, it would mean that tenants could grow cannabis at home.

We are facing an unprecedented wave of death threats related to tensions between the occupants of rental housing buildings.

The tensions of the recent months following the impact of the pandemic have exacerbated conflicts in the rental housing buildings. In addition to this, accumulation of the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on personal and professional lives, remote working, remote schooling and many other factors have made our dwellings the main place to live full-time in for many.

+1.28% according to the Administrative Housing Tribunal (TAL) for an unheated rental dwelling with an inflation rate at 3.4%.
For the year 2022, the Administrative Housing Tribunal (TAL) has issued a press release reporting the estimated average increases for the different types of housing.