Your government refusing to admit the existence of a serious housing crisis, I inform you that urgent action is required to put an end to the law of the jungle and the ordeal of tenants. The addition of low-cost housing and changes to section F of the lease will have only a small impact on the overall crisis, which is characterized by the following situations.
The collection personal information discriminatory and abusive treatment of aspiring tenants constitutes a violation of their privacy. decisions of the Commission for access to information are eloquent on this subject.
Housing rent testifies to the stubbornness of the government, which refuses to implement a public register of leases. It would limit abusive hikes hidden by landlords who do not complete Section G of the lease, which requires them to provide the lowest rent in the last 12 months. Worse still, the rent set by the Administrative Housing Tribunal (TAL) does not take into account the loss of services by the unilateral modification of the lease and the negligence of the owners affecting the enjoyment of the premises.
The tenant environment reflects this negligence in unsanitary housing, with little or no maintenance in view of renovations for the purpose of raising the rent. Legal obligations of the owner are sometimes included in the building regulations that tenants must sign to accept these illegalities. Work is refused to tenants who do not bow to the diktats of the caretaker.
Hearings of the Administrative Housing Tribunal favor owners. Although rare legislative changes came into force on August 31, 2020 with the TAL, tenants do not have the right to a fair and transparent trial. What about the preponderance of evidence based on the perjury of contradicted witnesses? What to think of a judge who decides on the reluctance of a tenant by relying on his dress during the hearing and who refuses, before changing his mind, a memory key containing proof of the deficiency of the openings?
Government action favors the law of the market cherished by the owners. This action can be summed up as follows: denial of the facts constituting the crisis, deficiency of the applicable legislation, refusal of a register of leases, absence of specific rights for tenants.
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