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What Issues are Tenants and Landlords Experiencing when Ending a Tenancy?

The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published Residential Tenancies Act: Ending a Tenancy, Issues Paper 8. Alberta has a higher than average turnover rate in the rental market than most of Canada. It is unclear why Alberta has a higher turnover rate, but we have heard that the options available to tenants and landlords to end a tenancy are ineffective or too severe. Navigating the Law There are more than a dozen reasons a [...]

By |2026-05-27T13:51:26-06:00May 26th, 2026|Latest News|0 Comments

Residential Tenancies Act: Ending a Tenancy, Issues Paper 8

Alberta has a higher than average turnover rate in the rental market than most of Canada. It is unclear why Alberta has a higher turnover rate, but we have heard that the options available to tenants and landlords to end a tenancy are ineffective or too severe. There are more than a dozen reasons a landlord or tenant may end a tenancy under the Residential Tenancies Act. The rules and conditions for ending a tenancy [...]

By |2026-05-26T10:29:26-06:00May 6th, 2026|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Meet ALRI Student Researcher Sunidhi Wadehra

Sunidhi is a law student at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law and will be going into her last year of law school this upcoming fall. She grew up in Edmonton (Go Oilers!) and received her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Alberta. Throughout law school, Sunidhi has been involved in academic publishing, mooting, serving on the executive team of the Women's Law Forum, and is the incoming Co-President [...]

By |2026-05-06T11:29:32-06:00May 6th, 2026|Latest News|0 Comments

Meet ALRI Student Researcher Jayden Blumhagen

Jayden is a law student at the University of Saskatchewan and will be entering her third year in the fall. Jayden grew up on a cattle farm in rural Alberta and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta prior to starting law school. Throughout law school, Jayden has been active in her law school community. She first served on the Law Students' Association as a [...]

By |2026-05-06T11:23:09-06:00May 6th, 2026|Latest News|0 Comments

ALRI Recommends Alberta Abolish Distress For Rent For Residential Tenancies

Get Residential Tenancies: Distress for Rent, Final Report 122. The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published Residential Tenancies: Distress for Rent, Final Report 122. Distress for rent is an ancient common law self-help remedy that, under certain conditions, allows a landlord to seize and sell a tenant’s property to recover unpaid rent. This report recommends that distress for rent should be abolished for residential tenancies in Alberta. This report, and its recommendations, are limited to [...]

By |2026-03-17T09:42:45-06:00March 17th, 2026|Latest News|0 Comments

ALRI Publishes Its Resource Guide For Hearing Children’s Views In Court Matters That Affect Them

Get Hearing from Children in Court Proceedings under the Divorce Act, Family Law Act, and Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Research Paper 22 The Alberta Law Reform Institute [ALRI] has published Hearing from Children in Court Proceedings under the Divorce Act, Family Law Act, and Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Research Paper 22. The paper does not recommend any legislative changes. It is intended to help users understand the ways in which the [...]

By |2026-03-16T14:42:03-06:00March 16th, 2026|Latest News|0 Comments

Reviewing Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy

The Residential Tenancies Act governs the relationship between landlord and tenant. More specifically, it governs the relationships between people renting a place as a home. The Residential Tenancies Act does not govern the relationships created when renting a commercial place, and it does not govern the relationships of people renting mobile home sites. The Residential Tenancies Act affects hundreds of thousands of people living in Alberta, more than one quarter of all households in the [...]

By |2026-03-23T11:42:52-06:00March 16th, 2026|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Residential Tenancies: Distress for Rent, Final Report 122

This is one out of a series of reports related to residential tenancy issues in Alberta. This report addresses issues eight and nine identified in ALRI’s Residential Tenancies Act: General Issues paper. Distress for rent is an ancient common law self-help remedy that, under certain conditions, allows a landlord to seize and sell a tenant’s property to recover unpaid rent. While there are many aspects of the English common law that still inform the law [...]

By |2026-03-19T08:48:31-06:00March 2nd, 2026|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Hearing From Children In Court Proceedings Under The Divorce Act, Family Law Act, And Child, Youth And Family Enhancement Act

The Alberta Law Reform Institute [ALRI] intends this report to help users of the family court system. ALRI’s goal is to help users understand the ways in which the views of children affected by family court proceedings can be heard in Alberta. This report does not have recommendations for change. Instead, it is meant to be a helpful resource for legal professionals and users of the family court system. This report describes the ways in [...]

By |2026-03-10T08:22:09-06:00March 2nd, 2026|Uncategorized|0 Comments

ALRI Publishes Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy, Issues Paper 7

Download Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy, Issues Paper 7 The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published its second report on Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act. Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy, Issues Paper 7 is the second report in a series summarizing issues under Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act. This report focuses on issues arising at the beginning of or during a tenancy including: Selecting tenants or deciding to rent Creating residential tenancy agreements Security deposits and inspections [...]

By |2026-02-12T14:25:37-07:00February 12th, 2026|Latest News|0 Comments
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