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Bill 106 explained in plain English

Rent Protection for All Tenants Act, 2017

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 106
Full title
Rent Protection for All Tenants Act, 2017
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Mar 20, 2017

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Carried
Latest Activity
Mar 20, 2017
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

The Rent Protection for All Tenants Act, 2017, amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, to remove exemptions for certain rental units from rent increase rules.

What It Means

This bill, the Rent Protection for All Tenants Act, 2017, amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006. It removes exemptions that allowed certain rental units to be exempt from rules governing rent increases. Previously, units that were not occupied before specific dates, or had never been rented, were not subject to these rent increase rules. This bill removes these exceptions, meaning these types of units will now be subject to the same rent increase rules as other rental units.

What This Bill Does
  • Removes exemptions from rent increase rules for certain types of rental units.
  • Amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, to include these rental units under standard rent increase regulations.
  • Ensures that rental units meeting specific criteria (not previously occupied or rented before certain dates) are now subject to rent increase rules.
  • Repeals and replaces subsection 6 (2) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
Who Is Affected
  • Landlords of rental units that were previously exempt from rent increase rules.
  • Tenants of rental units that were previously exempt from rent increase rules.
  • The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Landlords can no longer claim exemptions from rent increase rules for certain types of rental units.
  • Tenants of previously exempt rental units are now protected by rent increase rules.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • The bill's explanatory note indicates that certain rental units, previously exempt from rent increase rules, will now be subject to them, which could impact rental income calculations for landlords.
Enforcement Or Penalties
  • The bill text does not specify new enforcement mechanisms or penalties related to these changes.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill's text does not provide details on how the specific dates mentioned in the exemptions (June 17, 1998; July 29, 1975; November 1, 1991) will be applied or verified in practice.
  • The bill does not detail the specific rent increase rules that will now apply to these previously exempt units.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
amends

Removes exemptions from rent increase rules for certain rental units.

Source: Section 1

Subsection 6 (2) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
repeals and replaces

Removes specific conditions that exempted certain rental units from rent increase rules.

Source: Section 1

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 20, 2017
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Peter Tabuns
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Toronto—Danforth
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

How this data is sourced