Quebec housing minister apologizes for remarks about lease transfers

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Quebec housing minister apologizes for remarks about lease transfers
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Under Bill 31, landlords will be able to refuse a tenant\u0027s request to transfer their lease.

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“You cannot use a right that is not yours, to transfer a lease to someone else, on terms that you decide, when it is not your building. The tenant who wants to do that, he has to invest in real estate and take the risks that go with it,” she said earlier this week in an interview with Noovo.“I’m sorry if that seemed insensitive. I was using a legal and economic description of things. On the contrary, I am very sensitive to what is happening in terms of housing,” she said.

and terminate it. Currently, a serious reason is required. The transfer of leases is used by some tenants to limit rent increases.Article content“This is not to take away a right from tenants. … The idea is that the tenant does not choose the next tenant to come and occupy the premises. It is up to the owner to make this determination and to decide with whom he wants to bind himself legally for the future,” she said.

“Clearly, we are changing a lot of things, things that we had not touched for 40 years. It’s causing a stir, but I think it will be for the best,” she said. The bill also stipulates that the owners of new dwellings will have to indicate in the lease the maximum amount of rent for the next five years. Clause F — which already exists in the lease — allows owners of such dwellings to raise rents without being subject to the scale ofThe eagerly awaited government bill was tabled last Friday, the last day of the parliamentary session.

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