Get Canada RTB-29 2021-2023

Unless there is a term in your tenancy agreement which allows you to schedule viewings during the last month of a tenancy, your sitting tenants are entitled to refuse any agent or viewers access to the property. ... ask the sitting tenants if they have a preferred time for arranging viewings.

The maximum allowable rent increase for residential tenancies is 2.5% in 2019, and 2.6% in 2020.

The maximum rent increase for 2021 is 1.4%.

Landlords who believe a tenant has unreasonably refused access to show the rental unit can take steps to resolve the problem. When the landlord has given proper notice to enter the rental unit, the tenant must not prevent the landlord's access (or access by the landlord's agent).

Put cameras everywhere (Nest Cam is a good brand), make sure you put signs "Premises secured by video surveillance" and you will be good to go. While it won't prevent the landlord from entering, it will prevent the landlord from doing anything funky, and who knows, with time even stop.

This is the second time any increase in rents has been suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the current freeze announced last November running up until July 10, 2021. The rent increase limit for 2021 was previously set at 1.4%.

In all states, a landlord can enter the property in an emergency without notice or permission. ... Even if your landlord gives you notice, he or she must have a good reason to enter the property. In most cases, your landlord can enter your home: In an emergency.

Normal wear and tear means the declining condition of the rental premises that occurs over time, even though the tenant has been regularly cleaning and maintaining the premises. ... However, if you left the carpet clean with only signs of normal wear and tear, then the landlord could not charge you for cleaning it.

In most states, a landlord must give tenants notice at least 30 days before they'll enforce a rent increase. However, in other states like California, the notice can increase to 60 days' notice if the increase is more than 10% of the current rent rate.

Month-to-month tenancies: A tenant can leave earlier than the effective date by giving the landlord at least 10 days' written notice and paying the rent up to and including, the planned move-out date. Where the tenant has already paid a full month's rent, the landlord must refund the remainder of the rent.