Bill 64 explained in plain English
Housing Equity and Rental Transparency Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 64 proposes amendments to Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act and Technical Standards and Safety Act to increase tenant protections and transparency through new requirements for landlords regarding indoor temperatures, visitor parking, security, maintenance reporting, and elevator monitoring.
Bill 64, also known as the Housing Equity and Rental Transparency Act, 2025, proposes to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, and the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000. The bill aims to enhance protections and transparency for residential tenants in Ontario. Key proposed changes include requiring landlords to maintain specific indoor temperatures in common areas during warmer months, mandating digital systems for visitor parking registration in larger complexes, and establishing rules for video surveillance and security guards in buildings with 100 or more rental units. It also introduces provisions for rent reduction if vital services are withheld for extended periods, requires landlords to provide tenants with guides and newsletters about building amenities and changes, and mandates the collection and online publication of maintenance request data. For elevators, the bill proposes requirements for remote electronic monitoring and reporting of outages. It also makes changes regarding rent increases and fees for visitor parking.
- Requires landlords of residential complexes to maintain indoor common areas at 26 degrees Celsius or less from May 15 to September 15.
- Requires municipalities to investigate tenant complaints about indoor temperatures and issue work orders to landlords if non-compliance is found.
- Allows the Landlord and Tenant Board to order rent abatement or direct landlords to comply with work orders related to indoor temperature requirements.
- Mandates that landlords of residential complexes with 100 or more rental units install a digital system for visitor parking registration.
- Requires landlords to provide tenants with a guide explaining building amenities and a yearly newsletter about changes.
- Amends rules for rent reduction if a vital service is withheld for more than 24 hours over a three-month period.
- Requires landlords of buildings with 100 or more rental units to install and maintain video surveillance systems in common areas.
- Prohibits landlords from increasing rent by more than the guideline amount specifically because of the cost of installing or maintaining video surveillance systems.
- Requires landlords of buildings with 100 or more rental units to employ security guards to patrol and respond to certain complaints.
- Prohibits landlords from charging tenants fees for the use of visitor parking facilities.
- Requires landlords of complexes with 10 or more rental units or three or more storeys to compile and upload annual digital statistics on maintenance requests.
- Prohibits rent increases beyond the guideline if a landlord has not resolved at least 90% of maintenance requests in the preceding 12 months.
- Makes information from an online maintenance portal part of the record in Landlord and Tenant Board proceedings.
- Requires owners of elevators to use remote electronic monitoring systems.
- Requires owners of elevators in buildings with rental units to report outages lasting more than 24 hours to the Technical Standards and Safety Authority.
- Allows tenants to report elevator outages to the Technical Standards and Safety Authority.
- Prohibits landlords from terminating a tenancy for persistent late rent payment if rent is paid directly by social assistance programs.
- Requires that rent increases are based on at least one full rental period.
- Clarifies that rent cannot be increased if a tenant has continued to enjoy or access something that was not initially included in the written tenancy agreement.
- Repeals a specific provision related to rental unit conditions under section 126 (1) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
- Prohibits the Landlord and Tenant Board from charging a fee for applications made under section 57 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
- Allows tenants to apply for a rent abatement if an elevator is out of service for more than 48 hours over a three-month period.
- Landlords of residential complexes in Ontario
- Tenants of residential complexes in Ontario
- Local municipalities
- The Landlord and Tenant Board
- The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (the Corporation)
- Owners of elevators in buildings with rental units
- Landlords are obligated to maintain specific indoor temperatures in common areas during summer months.
- Landlords are obligated to install and use digital visitor parking registration systems in larger complexes.
- Landlords are obligated to install and maintain video surveillance systems and employ security guards in buildings with 100 or more rental units.
- Landlords are prohibited from charging fees for visitor parking.
- Landlords are obligated to compile and report maintenance request data annually.
- Tenants have the right to request rent abatement if vital services or elevators are out of service for specified periods.
- Tenants can file complaints regarding indoor temperatures.
- Tenants can report elevator outages.
- Landlords must provide tenants with guides and newsletters about building amenities and changes.
- Elevator owners must use remote monitoring systems and report outages.
- This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, with some exceptions.
- Subsections 1 (1) and 3 (1) come into force three years after Royal Assent.
- Subsections 1 (2) and 16 (1) come into force 12 months after Royal Assent.
- Section 6 comes into force on the later of the commencement of a specific section of the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023, or the day this Act receives Royal Assent.
- Landlords may incur costs for installing and maintaining digital visitor parking systems, video surveillance, and employing security guards.
- Landlords are prohibited from applying for rent increases beyond the guideline based on the costs of video surveillance systems.
- Landlords may face rent abatement orders from the Landlord and Tenant Board.
- The Landlord and Tenant Board will not charge fees for applications under section 57.
- There is no specific mention of new taxes or fees imposed by the bill.
- Local municipalities have the power to appoint inspectors to investigate indoor temperature complaints.
- Inspectors can issue work orders to landlords.
- The Landlord and Tenant Board can order rent abatement for non-compliance with work orders or for vital service/elevator outages.
- The Board can order a landlord to perform work described in a work order.
- Landlords face prohibitions on rent increases related to video surveillance costs.
- Landlords are prohibited from charging visitor parking fees.
- The specific regulations governing the monitoring, collection, and storage of video surveillance footage, including circumstances for tenant access, are not detailed in the bill text but are to be set by regulation.
- The bill does not specify the exact size or format of the digital visitor parking registration system or the video surveillance system.
- The definition of 'vital service' is not explicitly detailed within the provided text.
- The bill does not specify penalties beyond rent abatement for landlords who do not comply with all new provisions.
- The commencement date for Section 6 of the Act is dependent on the commencement of another legislative provision, making its exact start date contingent.
- Details on the 'online portal' for maintenance requests and its specific functionalities are not fully outlined.
Introduces new requirements for landlords regarding indoor temperatures, visitor parking, security, video surveillance, maintenance reporting, and elevator usage, and amends existing provisions related to rent abatement, rent increases, and tenancy termination.
Source: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Requires elevator owners to install remote electronic monitoring systems and to report elevator outages lasting more than 24 hours in buildings containing rental units.
Source: Section 16
Modifies the conditions under which a landlord can terminate a tenancy for persistent late rent payment, by adding an exception when rent is paid directly through this program.
Source: Section 7 (amending Section 58 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006)
Modifies the conditions under which a landlord can terminate a tenancy for persistent late rent payment, by adding an exception when rent is paid directly through this program.
Source: Section 7 (amending Section 58 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006)
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