The rent cap limiting residential rent increases to 5 percent per year has not been changed, but it will be extended to the end of 2027. A tenant's rent still can't be increased by more than 5% per year. 

Landlords will soon be able to begin the eviction process three full days after the tenant misses a rent payment. 

Tenants then have 10 calendar days to pay their rent or dispute the eviction notice using the Residential Tenancies dispute resolution process. 

This change comes into effect on April 30, 2025. For now, the standard process for evicting a tenant for non-payment of rent applies. 

They aren’t really new. Landlords could always apply to Residential Tenancies to evict a tenant for bad behaviour or for serious safety concerns. 

The new conditions include more specifics, and will not be in effect until a later date. They say that a landlord can apply to end a tenancy if the tenant (or any guest of the tenant):

• Unreasonably disturbs another occupant or the landlord
• Is late with rent payments 3 or more times
• Causes extraordinary damage to the unit or damage to the landlord’s property
• Engages in illegal activity that is likely to:
  • cause damage to the landlord’s property, 
  • affect the quiet enjoyment, security, safety or physical well-being of another occupant of the premises, or  
  • jeopardize a lawful right or interest of the landlord or another occupant of the premises.

A land lease community is one in which residents own their own home but lease the lot it is placed on, such as a mobile home park. 

In a land-lease community, the landlord must:

• Establish a common anniversary date to change or implement rules (like what a tenant is responsible for on their lot); the anniversary date must be the same as the pre-established date for rental increase, if there is one
• Provide 4 months written notice before the anniversary date if they plan to change the rules
• Post a written copy of the rules or changes in a common area that all tenants can access
• Provide written copies of rules and changes to all tenants
• Post written copies of any existing landlord rules in a land-lease community in a common area accessible to all tenants and provide written copies to each tenant within 30 days of the legislative change in effect date

This change comes into effect on April 30, 2025.

Landlords will have to provide tenants with the following contact information in a lease:

• name
• civic address
• mailing address
• telephone number
• email address (if one was provided by the tenant)
• contact information for the landlord and any agents like property managers or superintendents

Any changes to the contact information must be provided in writing within 30 days of the change.

For any existing leases not containing complete contact information, the tenant must be provided the complete contact information in writing within 30 days of the legislative change in effect date.

Any documents served by email must be sent from the same email address provided in the lease contact information.

This change comes into effect on April 30, 2025.

Landlords need to return the security deposit within 10 days of the last day of the tenancy unless:

• there’s unpaid rent,
• there are damages to the rental unit,
• they have the tenant's written permission to keep some or all of the tenant’s security deposit.

If any of those conditions apply, the landlord can claim the security deposit by completing a security deposit claim (Form R) and sending it to the tenant. 

If the tenant: 

• does not receive their security deposit, or a copy of their landlord’s security deposit claim form, within 10 days of the termination of tenancy, or
• receives a security deposit claim form and wants to contest any part of it,

they can submit an application to Residential Tenancies for return of the security deposit. Residential Tenancies can make a decision resolution without a hearing.

These changes came into effect on August 1st 2024.

It is now illegal for tenants to sublet their units for more rent than they are paying. This change took effect on September 20th, 2024.