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Originally Posted by whitev70r
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Ottawa will work with provinces and territories to develop a "renters' bill of rights" that would introduce a national standard lease agreement and implement requirements for landlords to disclose an apartment's pricing history to allow tenants to negotiate their rent.
Meaningless. This will be similar to taking the pricing history of a product to a grocery store and trying to negotiate the price. Todays price is based on market pricing.
The new measures will also include a $15-million fund for provincial legal aid organizations that help tenants fight against "renovictions" and landlord abuse.
Positive. Slumlords are bad for everyone, tenants and good landlords alike.
The Liberals are also proposing to change federal rules so that making rental payments on time will count toward someone's credit scores, something Trudeau said is meant to help renters looking to one day buy a house.
Fantastic for landlords. If they don't pay rent on time, their credit suffers. It's another tool to vet non-paying tenants.