THE TENANT MUST GIVE EVIDENCE OF GOOD FAITH AND QUICKLY NOTIFY THE OWNER OF THE IRREGULARITY OF A LEASE CHANGE NOTICE THAT HE OBSERVES

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In the context of a housing lease the modification of the lease is possible and regulated by several rules provided for in the Civil Code of Quebec. One of them, provided for in section 1943 of the Civil Code of Quebec concerns the mandatory content of the notice.

« 1943. In every notice of modification increasing the rent, an indication shall be made of the proposed new rent in dollars or of the increase expressed in dollars or as a percentage of the current rent. The increase may be expressed as a percentage of the rent that will be determined by the court, where an application to have the rent fixed or reviewed has already been filed.
The notice shall, in addition, indicate the proposed term of the lease, if the lessor proposes to modify the term, and the time granted to the lessee to refuse the proposed modification. »

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29 Mar 2021

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Me Jean-Olivier Reed, avocat

Me Jean-Olivier Reed graduated from Collège l'Assomption in legal technology in 1997 and then from the University of Montreal in law in 2001. Member of the bar since 2004, he was a lawyer and building manager from 2004 to 2006.

Lawyer with Messier Soucy lawyers since 2006. He works in real estate law and more particularly in rental law and co-ownership law.

He has written several articles in the newspaper "Le Propriétaire" on various topics dealing with rental law.
He lectures to members of the Quebec Landlords Association on current topics in rental law.