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Bill 64, Housing Equity and Rental Transparency Act, 2025

Bowman, Stephanie

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill makes amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act,

2006 , including the following:

1. A

new

section 20.1 is added to require a landlord of a residential complex to

maintain an indoor temperature of 26 degrees Celsius or less from May 15 to

September 15 in the common areas of the residential complex. Under the new

section 20.2, local municipalities are required to investigate complaints for

failure to comply with

section 20.1 and to give work orders to landlords that

set out, among other things, the period within which compliance with

section

20.1 must be achieved. Local municipalities are given the power to appoint

inspectors for the purposes of

section 20.2. Consequential amendments are made

section 30 to allow the Landlord and Tenant Board to order an abatement of

rent for breaching a work order made under

section 20.2 or to order the

landlord to perform the work described in the work order.

2. A

new

section 20.4 is added to require landlords of residential complexes with

100 rental units or more to install a digital visitor parking registration

system.

Section

21 is amended to require the Board to order, on application by a tenant, an

abatement of rent of 20 per cent if a vital service is withheld for more than

24 hours over a three-month period.

4. A

new

section 24.1 is added to require a landlord of a residential complex to

install and maintain a video surveillance system in each building of the

residential complex that has 100 rental units or more and to provide rules on

the use of the system. Under the new

section 24.2, landlords are also required

to repair the video surveillance system in case of damages. A new

section 24.3

requires a landlord of a residential complex to employ or otherwise engage a

security guard for each building that has 100 rental units or more, and

describes the duties of a security guard.

Section

58 is amended to provide that paragraph 1 of subsection 58 (1), which

authorizes a landlord to give a tenant notice of termination of their tenancy

if their tenant has persistently failed to pay rent on the date it becomes due

and payable, does not apply if some or all of the rent is paid directly to the

landlord under

section 13 of the Ontario Disability

Support Program Act, 1997 or

section 18 of the Ontario

Works Act, 1997 .

Section

134 is amended to prohibit a landlord or a person acting on behalf of the

landlord to collect or require or attempt to collect from a tenant a fee for

the use of visitor parking facilities.

7. A

new

section 226.6 is added to require every landlord of a residential complex

that contains 10 or more rental units or three or more storeys to compile, on

March 1 of every year, statistical information in a digital format on the

maintenance requests the landlord has received in the preceding 12 months and

to upload them on the online portal made available by the Minister under the

new

section 227.1. A new

section 226.7 is added to provide that, in a

proceeding before the Board, the information contained in the online portal is

deemed to form part of the record if the Board considers the information to be

relevant for the application made to the Board.

The

Bill also makes amendments to the Technical Standards and

Safety Act, 2000 , including the following:

1. A

new

section 20.1 is added to require owners of elevators to use a remote

electronic monitoring system that registers information on the elevator’s

operating availability.

2. A

new

section 20.2 is added to require the owner of an elevator to submit a

report to the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (the Corporation) if the

elevator is located in a building with one or more rental units and experiences

an outage for more than 24 hours. The report must be submitted within seven

days after the period of 24 hours has elapsed and the owner must submit a

subsequent report to the Corporation no later than seven days after the day the

elevator is returned to service. The new

section also authorizes a tenant to

submit a report to the Corporation and describes the required content of the

report.

Bill 64 2025

Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and the Technical Standards

and Safety Act, 2000 with respect to residential tenancies

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Residential

Tenancies Act, 2006

(1) The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

is amended by adding the following sections:

Landlord’s

responsibility re indoor temperature

20.1 A landlord of a

residential complex is responsible for maintaining an indoor temperature of 26

degrees Celsius or less from May 15 to September 15 in the common areas of the

residential complex, including the lobby, any indoor event spaces and any

exercise facilities.

Local

municipality to receive complaints

20.2

(1) The

local municipality in which the residential complex is located shall receive

any complaint from a current tenant of a rental unit located in the residential

complex respecting the landlord’s failure to comply with the landlord’s

responsibility under

section 20.1.

Complaints

to be investigated

(2) Upon

receiving a complaint under this section, the local municipality shall cause an

inspector to make whatever inspection the local municipality considers

necessary to determine whether the landlord has complied with the landlord’s

responsibility under

section 20.1.

Inspector’s

work order

(3) If

an inspector is satisfied that the landlord of a residential complex has not

complied with the landlord’s responsibility under

section 20.1, the inspector shall

make and give to the landlord a work order that sets out the following

information:

1. The

municipal address or legal description of the residential complex.

2. Reasonable

particulars of the work to be performed.

3. The

period within which there must be compliance with the terms of the work order.

Inspectors

20.3 A local municipality

shall appoint inspectors for the purposes of

section 20.2.

(2) The

Act is amended by adding the following section:

Digital

registration system for visitor parking

20.4 A landlord of a

residential complex with 100 rental units or more that has visitor parking

facilities shall ensure that a digital visitor parking registration system is

installed and that all parking reservations are recorded in the system, even if

the reservations were first requested in paper format.

(3) The

Act is amended by adding the following section:

Landlord

to provide guide

20.5

(1) A

landlord of a residential complex shall, on the first day of the rental period,

provide a guide, in paper format, to the tenant that explains the amenities

available in the building and how to use them.

Guide

update

(2) The

landlord shall update the guide every three years.

Yearly

newsletter

(3) In

addition to the guide described in subsection (1), the landlord shall, at least

once a year, provide, in paper format, a newsletter that describes any changes

that have taken place in the residential complex.

Section 21 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Rent

reduction if vital service withheld

(3) If

the reasonable supply of a vital service is withheld for more than 24 hours

over a three-month period, the Board shall, on application by a tenant, order

an abatement of rent of 20 per cent.

Exception

(4) Any

time during which a vital service is withheld due to circumstances beyond the

landlord’s control shall not be included in the three-month period referred to

in subsection (3).

(1) The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Landlord’s

responsibility re security

24.1

(1) A

landlord of a residential complex shall install and maintain a video

surveillance system in each building that has 100 rental units or more.

Coverage,

use of video surveillance system

(2) The

video surveillance system shall cover all interior and exterior common areas of

the building described in subsection (1), including in hallways and stairwells,

and shall be used only for the following purposes:

(

a) ensuring

safety in the building;

(

b) enforcing

compliance in visitor parking facilities, if any; and

(

c) any

other purpose otherwise permitted by law.

Notices

(3) The

landlord shall post notices about the use of video surveillance in legible

characters in all interior and exterior common areas, including at the main

entrance of the building, so as to be visible and understandable to individuals

before they enter the building or the common area.

Same

(4) The

notices described in subsection (3) shall also include contact information in

case individuals wish to access recorded images related to them.

Information

requirement

(5) Where

subsection (1) applies, the landlord shall inform every prospective tenant of

the use of video surveillance in the building and its purpose before the

prospective tenant enters into a tenancy agreement.

Monitoring,

collection, etc., of video surveillance footage

(6) All

video surveillance footage shall be monitored, collected and stored in

accordance with the regulations.

rent increase by more than guideline

(7) A

landlord is prohibited from applying for an order permitting the rent charged

to be increased by more than the guideline for any or all rental units in a

residential complex under

section 126 on the ground that the landlord is

required to install or maintain a video surveillance system under subsection

(1).

Landlord’s

responsibility to repair video surveillance system

24.2

(1) If any

component of the video surveillance system referred to in

section 24.1,

including cameras, has been damaged or malfunctions, a landlord shall replace

the component within seven days after the damage or malfunction is brought to

the attention of the landlord in writing.

Compliance

(2) If,

on application by a tenant, the Board determines that subsection (1) has not

been complied with, the Board shall make an order for an abatement of rent.

(2) The

Act is amended by adding the following section:

Security

staff

24.3

(1) A

landlord of a residential complex shall employ or otherwise engage a security

guard for each building that has 100 rental units or more.

Duties

(2) A

security guard employed or otherwise engaged under subsection (1) shall,

(

a) patrol

the building to ensure the safety of residents; and

(

b) respond

to complaints that are not an emergency, such as noise complaints, smoking in

common areas of the building or trespassing.

Subsection 29 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

1.1 An

order determining that the landlord has breached a work order made under

section 20.2.

Section 30 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Order,

comply with indoor temperature requirement

(1.1) If

the Board determines in an application under paragraph 1.1 of subsection 29

(1) that a landlord has breached a work order made under

section 20.2, the Board

may do one or more of the following:

1. Order

an abatement of rent in the amount of 1 per cent per day from the first day

after the period set out in paragraph 3 of subsection 20.2 (3) ends until the

day of the order.

2. Order

the landlord to perform the work described in the work order.

(1) Subsection 50 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at

the end of clause (a), by adding “and” at the end of clause (

b) and by adding

the following clause:

(

c) be

accompanied by the building permit authorizing the repairs or renovations.

(2) Subsection

50 (3.1) of the Act is amended by striking out “clause (3) (b)” and

substituting “clauses 3 (

b) and (c)”.

Section 58 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Exception

(1.1) Paragraph

1 of subsection (1) does not apply if some or all of the rent is paid directly

to the landlord under

section 13 of the Ontario Disability

Support Program Act, 1997 or

section 18 of the Ontario

Works Act, 1997 .

Subsection 59 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “under a tenancy

agreement” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “under a tenancy

agreement equal to at least one rental period”.

Section 116 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

rent increase if application under par. 1 of subs. 29 (1) pending

(5) If,

on the day on which an increase in rent pursuant to a notice given under

subsection (1) is due to take effect, an application filed under paragraph 1 of

subsection 29 (1) is outstanding before the Board, the increase may only take

effect once the Board has issued a decision on the application, subject to an

order of the Board under paragraph 7 or 8 of subsection 30 (1).

Section 123 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Exception

(3) A

landlord shall not increase the rent charged to a tenant under subsection

(1) if the tenant has enjoyed or had access to anything referred to in paragraph 1

or 2 of that subsection since the first day of the rental period, even if it

was not included in the written tenancy agreement.

Paragraph 3 of subsection 126 (1) of the Act is repealed.

Section 134 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same,

visitor parking

(4) No

landlord or no other person who acts on behalf of the landlord shall, with

respect to any rental unit, collect or require or attempt to collect from a

tenant a fee for the use of visitor parking facilities.

Section 181 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

fees re application under s. 57

(2.1) The

Board shall not charge a fee for making an application under

section 57.

The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Elevators

226.5 If an elevator in a

residential complex is out of service for more than 48 hours over a three-month

period, the Board shall, on application by a tenant, order an abatement of rent

of 5 per cent.

Statistical

information re maintenance

226.6

(1) Every landlord of a residential complex that

contains 10 or more rental units or three or more storeys shall, on March 1 in

every year, compile statistical information in a digital format on the

maintenance requests the landlord has received in the preceding 12 months and

upload them on the online portal made available by the Minister under

section

227.1 .

Content

of statistical information

(2) The

statistical information shall include,

(

a) the

nature of each maintenance request and whether it relates to vital services;

(

b) the

name of the person who performed the service or maintenance work; and

(

c) the

date each request was received and the date it was resolved.

Request

resolved

(3) For

the purposes of clause (2) (c), a maintenance request is resolved when the

landlord has responded to the request in a way that renders the rental unit or

residential complex compliant with any applicable municipal property standards

by-law or other applicable law.

Evidence

that request is resolved

(4) The

landlord may publish a picture on the portal as evidence that the request has

been resolved, and the tenant may publish a picture and comments on anything

related to the request.

rent increase by more than guideline

(5) If

the statistical information shows that less than 90 per cent of the maintenance

requests received in the 12 preceding months have been resolved as described in

subsection (3), the landlord is prohibited from applying for an order

permitting the rent charged to be increased by more than the guideline for any

or all rental units in a residential complex under

section 126.

Information

from online portal in Board proceedings

226.7 In a proceeding before

the Board, the information contained in the online portal is deemed to form

part of the record if the Board considers the information to be relevant for

the application made to the Board.

. . . .

Minister

to make online portal available

227.1

(1) The

Minister shall make available an online portal on a Government of Ontario

website for the purposes of

section 226.6.

Statistical

information from municipalities

(2) The

Minister shall ensure that any statistical information on the condition of

residential complexes that is made available through the registration program

of a municipality is also included in the portal.

Subsection 241 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

11.1 governing

the monitoring, collection and storage of video surveillance storage for the

purposes of

section 24.1, including,

i. prescribing

circumstances in which a tenant may access video surveillance footage, and

ii. prescribing

circumstances in which a tenant may keep video surveillance footage;

Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000

(1) The Technical Standards and Safety Act,

2000 is amended by adding the following section:

Remote

electronic monitoring

20.1 Every owner of an

elevator shall use a remote electronic monitoring system that registers

information on the elevator’s operating availability.

(2) The

Act is amended by adding the following section:

Reporting

elevator outages

20.2

(1) If an

elevator in a building in which one or more rental units, as defined in the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 , are located experiences

an outage where the elevator is out of service for more than 24 hours, the

owner of the elevator shall submit a report to the Corporation within seven

days after the period of 24 hours has elapsed, and shall submit a subsequent

report to the Corporation no later than seven days after the day the elevator

is returned to service.

Same

(2) A

tenant, as defined in the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 ,

of a building described in subsection (1) may submit a report to the

Corporation within seven days of the outage.

Content

of report

(3) The

report referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall be in the form published by

the Corporation and contain the following information:

1. The

address of the premises where the elevator is installed.

2. The

number of elevators in the building.

3. The

installation number allocated to the elevator.

4. The

number of floors which the elevator serves.

5. The

date and time that the outage started and ended.

6. The

cause of the outage, including any factor that prolonged the elevator being out

of service.

7. The

components of the elevator that have been repaired or replaced, if any.

8. The

year in which the elevator was installed.

9. If

a major alteration has been made to the elevator, the date that the elevator

was returned to service after undergoing the most recent major alteration.

10. If

the elevator’s control system has been replaced, the date that the most recent

replacement occurred.

11. The

intervals at which the elevator undergoes maintenance.

12. The

name of the manufacturer of the elevator.

13. The

name of the manufacturer of the elevator’s control system.

14. The

name of the contractor who maintains the elevator.

15. In

respect of a contractor who repaired the elevator during the outage:

i. The

name of the contractor.

ii. The

date and time that the contractor was first contacted about the outage.

iii. The

date and time that the contractor first attended the premises after being

contacted about the outage.

Publication

(4) The

Corporation shall publish on its website the information referred to in

paragraphs 1 to 11 of subsection (3).

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Act comes

into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) Subsections

1 (1) and 3 (1) of the Act come into force on the day that is three years after

the day this Act receives Royal Assent.

(3) Subsections

1 (2) and 16 (1) of the Act come into force on the day that is 12 months after

the day this Act receives Royal Assent.

(4) Section

6 of the Act comes into force on the later of the day

section 2 of the

Schedule

7 ( Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 ) to the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 comes

into force and the day this Act receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Housing Equity and Rental Transparency Act, 2025 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

October 28, 2025

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

October 28, 2025

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

October 28, 2025

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading