Bill 94 explained in plain English
Renters' Right to Know Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Renters' Right to Know Act, 2010, would amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, to require landlords to disclose past bed bug information to prospective tenants.
This bill, if passed, would require landlords in Ontario to provide potential renters with a report about any known bed bug infestations in the rental unit or the residential complex within the previous five years. This report must be in a form provided by the Board, and if any information has come to the landlord's attention, details must be included. The bill also specifies that failing to provide this report, or providing false information in it, would be an offense under the Residential Tenancies Act.
- Amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
- Creates a new requirement for landlords to provide a report on bed bug history to prospective tenants before entering into a tenancy agreement.
- Specifies that the report must cover information known to the landlord within the previous five years regarding bed bugs in the rental unit or complex.
- Requires that the report be in a form provided by the Board.
- Adds a new offense for failing to provide the report or providing false information in the report.
- Landlords in Ontario
- Prospective tenants in Ontario
- Landlords have an obligation to provide a report on bed bug history to prospective tenants.
- Prospective tenants have the right to receive a report on bed bug history before signing a lease.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Failing to provide the required bed bug report or providing false information in the report is an offense.
- The specific form for the bed bug information report is to be provided by the Board, and this form is not detailed within the bill text.
Adds a new section (10.1) requiring landlords to provide a report to prospective tenants about bed bug history. Amends Section 234 to create an offense for failing to provide this report or providing false information.
Source: Sections 1 and 2 of Bill 94
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