March 2025 Project Update
ALRI has published its Issues Paper, Residential Tenancies: General Issues. This is the first in a series of reports summarizing issues in the law that affects tenants and landlords on a daily basis. The publication will be used to guide ALRI’s further work on the Act and inform the work of other agencies that may address issues with the law that are outside the scope of ALRI’s project.
Download Residential Tenancies: General Issues.
October 2024 Project Update
ALRI held 5 consultation events in 2023-2024 and heard from over 100 people that represented individual tenants, landlords, organizations and service providers. ALRI has spent the last year analyzing the results, identifying issues and setting priorities for reform. ALRI will publish a report on its research in the coming months to share what we found. ALRI will then begin developing policy options for reform. That phase of the project may occur in separate steps over the course of a couple years.
One of ALRI’s first priorities is addressing notices and whether landlords or tenants should be able to use electronic communication to give each other formal notices required under the act.
ALRI has identified other issues with the Residential Tenancies Act including those involving leases, evictions, dispute resolution, and deposits among others. These will require further consultation before it can propose recommendations for improving the law. Opportunities to participate in consultations will be communicated in the near future as they arise.
