No end to vacancy decontrol in new bill
Province's new rent bill finally ready, Toronto Star, 29 April 2006
The legislation, to be introduced by Municipal Affairs Minister John Gerretsen, is meant to fulfil a Liberal election promise to restore "real protection" for tenants.
But the legislation may not go far enough to satisfy tenant advocates, while going too far for landlords.
Specifically, sources say the legislation will keep "vacancy decontrol," the policy introduced by the previous Conservative government to allow landlords to jack up rents on vacant apartments to whatever level the market will bear.
On the other hand, the legislation reportedly restores many of the tenant-friendly provisions from the NDP government's Rent Control Act that were repealed by the Conservatives.
Additional press: Globe and Mail.