Roommates and Co-Tenants in Alberta: Joint Leases and When One Leaves
Sharing one lease in Alberta: who counts as a tenant, how service of notices and the deposit work with several tenants, and what to do when one roommate wants to leave.
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Sharing one lease in Alberta: who counts as a tenant, how service of notices and the deposit work with several tenants, and what to do when one roommate wants to leave.
Rights & LegalAlberta tenants need written consent to sublet or assign, but a landlord can refuse only on reasonable grounds, cannot charge a fee, and is deemed to agree after 14 days of silence.
In BC, everyone who signs one tenancy agreement is a co-tenant and is responsible for the whole rent. A roommate a tenant brings in later is an occupant with no rights under the Residential Tenancy Act. Here is how each status works and how to set it up in writing.