Can a Landlord Raise Rent During a Fixed Term Lease in Alberta?
An Alberta landlord cannot raise rent during a fixed term lease of a year or more, whatever the lease says. Here is when rent can go up, at renewal and on back-to-back short terms.
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An Alberta landlord cannot raise rent during a fixed term lease of a year or more, whatever the lease says. Here is when rent can go up, at renewal and on back-to-back short terms.
In Ontario, a lease that ends doesn't end anything — it converts. So "renewal" is really a strategy question: stay month-to-month or sign a new fixed term? The answer is different for landlords (retention economics, flexibility), tenants (no-fault eviction protection, leverage you didn't know you had), and property man