Bill 103 explained in plain English
Keeping People Housed Act, 2026
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Keeping People Housed Act, 2026, amends provincial laws to enhance tenant protections by regulating evictions for renovations, standardizing rent for new tenancies, creating a rent registry, and restricting the loss of rental units due to demolition or conversion.
This bill, titled the Keeping People Housed Act, 2026, proposes several changes to Ontario's laws concerning rental housing. It aims to strengthen protections for tenants by making it harder to evict them for renovations or demolitions, requiring landlords to offer alternative housing or compensation in such cases, and establishing new rules for setting rent for new tenants. The bill also introduces a rent registry to track rental unit information and creates a Rental Task Force to study issues related to rent increases. Additionally, it places restrictions on municipalities and the City of Toronto regarding the approval of conversions or demolitions that would result in the loss of six or more rental units.
- Amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 to repeal exemptions from rent control.
- Requires landlords to provide additional documentation and approvals when giving notice to tenants for demolition, conversion, or extensive repairs.
- Requires landlords to offer tenants alternative housing or compensation if their tenancy is terminated for repairs or renovations.
- Establishes new rules for determining the lawful rent for new tenants, generally linking it to the previous rent charged.
- Allows tenants to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board to determine the maximum lawful rent that can be charged.
- Creates a rent registry that landlords must report information to, including rent amounts and changes.
- Requires landlords to provide tenants with copies of statements and notices filed with the rent registry.
- Allows the Board to refuse to process applications from landlords who owe money or have not filed required statements with the rent registry.
- Establishes a Rental Task Force to investigate issues related to above-guideline rent increases and report recommendations.
- Amends the City of Toronto Act, 2006, and the Municipal Act, 2001, to prohibit approvals for the conversion or demolition of buildings that would result in the loss of six or more rental units, unless specific conditions related to rent replacement or tenant relocation are met.
- Landlords in Ontario.
- Tenants in Ontario.
- Municipalities in Ontario.
- The City of Toronto.
- The Landlord and Tenant Board.
- Professionally licensed engineers in Ontario.
- Landlords are required to provide tenants with copies of statements and notices filed with the rent registry.
- Landlords terminating tenancies for repairs or renovations must offer alternative housing or compensation.
- Tenants have the right to apply to the Board to determine the maximum lawful rent.
- Tenants have the right to receive copies of statements and notices related to their rental unit from the rent registry.
- Municipalities and the City of Toronto have restrictions on approving the loss of six or more rental units.
- Landlords must file statements with the rent registry within 30 days of entering a lease or after a change in rent.
- The Minister must appoint members to the Rental Task Force and ensure its composition reflects diversity.
- The Rental Task Force must consult broadly with stakeholders and publish a report.
- The bill comes into force on the day that is four months after the day this Act receives Royal Assent, unless otherwise specified.
- Section 6 comes into force on the later of the day section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 comes into force and the day that is four months after the day this Act receives Royal Assent.
- Landlords must file a statement for a rental unit if it is rented on the day section 15 of the Act comes into force, within 30 days after that day.
- The Minister shall appoint members of the Rental Task Force within 60 days after the subsection establishing it comes into force.
- The Rental Task Force shall prepare and publish its report within six months after its appointment.
- The Minister shall inform the Assembly of recommendations on or before the day that is 90 days after the Rental Task Force publishes its report.
- Landlords may face costs associated with providing alternative housing or compensation to tenants whose tenancies are terminated for repairs or renovations.
- The bill introduces provisions for determining lawful rent, which could impact the rent amounts landlords charge new tenants.
- The bill requires landlords to file statements with the rent registry, which may involve administrative costs.
- Failure to file a statement with the rent registry is an offence under the City of Toronto Act, 2006 (Section 234(r.1)).
- Providing false information in a statement filed with the Board is an offence under the City of Toronto Act, 2006 (Section 233(g.1)).
- The Board may refuse to allow an application to be filed, stay proceedings, or discontinue an application if an applicant owes money to the Board or has not filed a required statement with the rent registry.
- The Board may order landlords to rebate rent paid in excess of the maximum lawful rent.
- The specific content of 'prescribed information' for the rent registry statement is not detailed in the provided text.
- The exact conditions under which the Board may discontinue an application related to non-payment or failure to file a statement are described as 'such circumstances as may be specified in the Rules'.
- The definition of 'mid-range rents' in relation to the prohibition on demolitions or conversions is not specified in the provided text.
- The specific 'rules' for determining the lawful rent for a new tenant when a unit has not been rented in the last 12 months are outlined, but the full scope of these rules may depend on further details not fully captured here.
- The bill does not specify who will bear the costs of maintaining the rent registry beyond the landlord's obligation to file statements.
Changes rules regarding rent control exemptions, termination notices for repairs, compensation for tenants, lawful rent for new tenants, and establishes a rent registry. It also creates a Rental Task Force.
Source: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Introduces a new section that prohibits approvals for the conversion or demolition of buildings resulting in the loss of six or more rental units, unless specific conditions are met regarding rent replacement or tenant relocation.
Source: Section 21
Introduces a new section that prohibits municipal approvals for the conversion or demolition of buildings resulting in the loss of six or more rental units, unless specific conditions are met regarding rent replacement or tenant relocation.
Source: Section 22
Requires documentation from a registered engineer as part of a notice of termination for demolition, conversion, repair, or renovation of a rental unit.
Source: Section 8
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