The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act
Long title not yet sourced from the legislative registry.
- Sponsor
- —
- Introduced
- —
- Royal assent
- —
- Final vote
- —
Legislative timeline
- 1st—
- 2nd—
- Comm.—
- 3rd—
- Senate—
- Assent—
Bill overview
Bill MB13, “The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act”, is a Manitoba bill from session 43-3.
Its latest recorded status is “Introduced”.
This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.
PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY
What you need to know
The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, currently in progress in Manitoba, would make several changes to the province's residential tenancies laws. It would allow the Residential Tenancies Commission to consider the impact of rent increases on low-income tenants, require landlords to provide written reasons for evictions, and give the commission more flexibility to set rent increases. The bill aims to balance the rights of landlords and tenants.
AI-generated from official records and reviewed against our editorial guardrails.
Key provisions
- 01This Act amends The Residential Tenancies Act to increase the maximum rent increase allowed under a rent review.
- 02A landlord must provide a tenant with a written notice of rent increase at least 90 days before the increase takes effect.
- 03A tenant may apply to the Residential Tenancies Branch for assistance with a dispute over rent increase.
- 04The Residential Tenancies Branch must establish a process for resolving disputes over rent increase in a fair and timely manner.
- 05A landlord must provide a tenant with a written notice of termination at least 90 days before the termination takes effect.
- 06The Residential Tenancies Branch may impose penalties on a landlord who fails to comply with the notice requirements.
Vote roll
No division has been recorded for this bill yet.