Bill 65 tabled Wednesday by Quebec Minister responsible for Housing France-Élaine Duranceau prohibits evictions for a period of three years or until the vacancy rate passes the 3% threshold.
Evictions will be prohibited for changes in use of subdivisions or expansions, but owners retain the right to take back housing for themselves or a member of their family.
The government is also expanding protection for senior tenants.
The measure will come into force when the bill is assented to, likely by the end of the parliamentary session on June 7.
However, the bill will have little impact this year. As Laurier-Dorion MP Andres Fontecilla (Québec solidaire) noted Wednesday morning, “the eviction season is over.” Indeed, to evict a tenant, the owner must send him a notice of eviction six months before the end of his lease, i.e. December 31, six months before December 1er July, he recalled.
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