Amid the housing crisis, Quebec Housing Minister France-Élaine Duranceau wants to decree a three-year moratorium on housing “renovictions.”
“This bill prohibits the landlord of a dwelling from evicting the tenant to subdivide the dwelling, enlarge it substantially or change its use for a period of three years,” reads the draft of law 65, which was tabled in the Blue Room at the National Assembly on Wednesday morning.
However, an owner will still be able to repossess their home for a family member if needed.
The document also states, “that the ban ends if the vacancy rate for rental housing published by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation for all urban centres in Quebec, whose population is at least 10,000, reaches three percent.”
Duranceau also plans to expand the “Loi Françoise David” to increase the protection against evictions for people aged 70 to 65 years old.
Also, the bill would increase the income limit, which will be eligible for protection.
It’s estimated that 24,000 more households would be protected by the new measure.
Québec solidaire (QS) has demanded better protection for senior tenants.
On Tuesday, Duranceau admitted that the measures in her previous bill adopted in February 2024 did not have an immediate effect and that it was necessary to put “exceptional measures” in place to deal with a “ exceptional context.”
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews