“The days of routine ’No Children’ rental policies are over,” states John Trasviña, HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. “The Fair Housing Act prohibits them and HUD will enforce the law to protect the rights of families with children.” This...

Landlords in British Columbia will be allowed to raise rents by 2.3% in 2011. For a manufactured home park tenancy, the allowable increase is 2.3 per cent plus a proportional amount.  If the landlord charges an amount in excess of the stated increase, the tenant does...

A landlord in Edmonton will have to pay fines - $6,000 worth, for failure to comply with the Alberta Fire Code. The rental property in question consists of seven residential suites located above a commercial unit.  “Our fire prevention officers found a number of...

Tenants of a Manhattan apartment are seeking over $50,000 in damages from their landlords in a dispute over interior decor. The landlords, one an interior designer, remodeled the apartment in a swanky building using IKEA products.  The tenants complain that while the...

Canadian Landlords Allowed Some Discretion in Getting Junk Out of Rentals   Fortunately, most tenancies go along without consequence.  But every now and again a landlord faces the challenge of a tenant who leaves behind personal property.     Whether it's the simple...

An effective Internet rental ad attracts the right tenants, and that is the first step to effective tenant screening. Here are three ways to make the most of your online rental ad: Spell it Out Unlike newspaper classifieds that charge by the letter or line, with most...

2011 Rent Increase Lowest in 35 Years The Ontario government announced that the province’s rent increase guideline for 2011 is set at 0.7%.  The increase represents the maximum percentage by which a landlord can increase the rent for most sitting residential tenants...

Cleared of Discrimination Charge, Landlord Must Ante Up $50,000 for Subsequent Retaliation A landlord accused of gender discrimination was cleared of that charge, yet still faces of fine of over $50,000 for attempting to evict the single mother who filed a fair...