2023-06-12 17:06:37
The possible tightening of the rules surrounding the assignment of a lease “creates concern,” said Valérie Plante on Monday, three days after the presentation of a bill to this effect by the Quebec government.
The Mayor of Montreal said she could understand citizens who are concerned about such a reform in the midst of a housing crisis. In Montreal, many units have moved from tenant to tenant rather than being put back on the rental market.
“If there is an increase in the number of people giving up their lease, there is a reason: it is that people want to keep affordability,” she said, on the sidelines of a conference of press at La Fontaine Park.
According to the Legault government’s bill, a landlord would no longer need serious reasons to refuse the assignment of a lease on his apartments.
“It’s causing concern and of course we have to listen to the people who say to themselves: in the current context where we are in a housing crisis, where there is enormous pressure for people to find affordable housing is a concern,” she added.
Housing Minister France-Elaine Duranceau defended her reform on Monday.
“Tenants use [la cession de bail] to transfer their apartment and the landlord can’t say anything. The owner owns the building, he has the right to decide who they want to deal with,” she said. “The provision must be used for its primary purpose: to get rid of his lease. »
The mayor did not want to officially comment on the content of the bill. ” It is too early. It was presented on Friday,” she said, noting however that “there are very good elements in the bill, we must not throw the baby out with the bathwater”. In particular, she cited the reversal of the burden of proof on homeowners when it comes to renovations.
She said she understood “good landlords who want to have better control over who takes possession of their home”, before adding that “at the same time you have to be very sensitive to what is happening in this moment “.
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