Alberta Repairs and Housing Standards

Alberta's minimum housing and health standards: heat, water, pests, smoke alarms and repairs, for tenants, landlords and the trades who fix rentals.

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Repairs and Minimum Housing Standards for Alberta Rentals

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Repairs and Minimum Housing Standards for Alberta Rentals

Alberta rentals must meet the Minimum Housing and Health Standards: 22 °C heat, hot water at 46 to 60 °C, working smoke alarms and no pests. Here is who repairs what and what to do when repairs are ignored.

The landlord's duty to repair
What the minimum standards require
How a tenant should raise a repair
Remedies when repairs are ignored
Common mistakes
Managing repairs across many units

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Maintenance repairs
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Winterizing an Alberta Rental: A Landlord and Trades Checklist
A pre-winter checklist for Alberta rentals tied to the Minimum Housing and Health Standards: 22 °C heat, storm windows, plumbing, hot water, smoke alarms and entry notice.
8 min readOctober 26, 2026
Provincial compliance
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Minimum Heat Requirements for Alberta Rentals: The 22 °C Rule
Alberta rentals must be heatable to 22 °C under the Minimum Housing and Health Standards. Here is what the rule requires, the 16 °C cold-weather exception, space heaters, utilities and hot water.
8 min readOctober 25, 2026
Tenant resources
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No Heat or Hot Water in an Alberta Rental: What Tenants Can Do
No heat or hot water in your Alberta rental? Step by step: what the standards require, how to ask in writing, how to complain to public health, and when you can get rent back or leave.
9 min readOctober 26, 2026
Maintenance repairs
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Bed Bugs, Mice and Cockroaches: Pest Control Rules for Alberta Rentals
Alberta landlords must keep rentals free of insect and rodent infestations. Tenants must allow access and prepare. Here are the notice rules, operator registration and tenant options.
8 min readOctober 26, 2026
Maintenance repairs
ABGuide
Boil-Water Advisories in Alberta Rentals: What Landlords and Tenants Need to Know
A boil water advisory in Alberta raises fast questions for landlords and tenants: who issues it, who is responsible for safe water, what to tell tenants, how to flush the building when it lifts, and whether rent can be reduced.
11 min readOctober 25, 2026
Maintenance repairs
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Drafty or Broken Windows in an Alberta Rental: Who Has to Fix Them?
Alberta law puts weathertight, crack-free rental windows on the landlord. Here is what the minimum housing standards require, who pays when a window breaks, and what tenants can do when repairs are ignored.
12 min readOctober 28, 2026
Provincial compliance
ABArticle
How Much Notice Does an Alberta Landlord Need to Enter for Window Repairs?
Measuring or replacing windows in a tenanted Alberta unit needs 24 hours' written, signed notice, entry between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and not on a holiday. Here is how section 23 applies, with a sample notice.
10 min readOctober 28, 2026
Maintenance repairs
ABArticle
Condensation and Mould on Rental Windows in Alberta: Who Is Responsible?
Condensation and mould on rental windows split along a simple line in Alberta: the landlord answers for the building, the tenant for how the unit is lived in. Here is what the standards and Alberta Health Services say.
10 min readOctober 28, 2026
Maintenance repairs
ABArticle
Window Safety in Alberta Rentals: Child Fall Prevention and Escape Windows
Alberta rentals must have a bedroom escape window that opens without tools, while the building code limits many low windows to a 100 mm opening. Here is how a provincial variance reconciles them and what landlords should do.
10 min readOctober 28, 2026
Landlord guides
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Who Pays for Condo Windows in Alberta? A Guide for Condo Landlords
Under Alberta's Condominium Property Act, windows in a unit's exterior walls are common property unless the plan says otherwise. Here is who repairs them, who pays, and what a condo landlord still owes the tenant.
10 min readOctober 28, 2026
Provincial compliance
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Can an Alberta Landlord Raise the Rent After Installing New Windows?
Alberta has no rent cap and no special increase for upgrades. New windows do not let a landlord raise rent sooner, more often or mid-term; the 365-day and notice rules apply as usual.
8 min readOctober 29, 2026
Landlord guides
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Window Rebates for Alberta Rental Owners: What's Open (October 2026)
Checked October 22, 2026: the federal Greener Homes grant and loan are closed, and Alberta rental owners are left mainly with municipal CEIP financing. Here is what is open, with official links.
9 min readOctober 29, 2026
Maintenance repairs
ABChecklist
Smoke Alarm Rules for Alberta Rentals
Alberta's Minimum Housing and Health Standards require smoke alarms between each sleeping area and the rest of the suite, working at all times. Here is where they go, who keeps them working, and a checklist for landlords and tenants.
6 min readOctober 30, 2026
Maintenance repairs
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Hiring a Roofer for an Alberta Rental: What to Check After $518,000 in Fatal-Fall Fines
EDMONTON, Nov. 4, 2026: After two companies were fined a total of $518,000 over a fatal fall through an Edmonton roof, here is what an Alberta landlord should check before hiring a roofer, and what the OHS Act says owners must do.
5 min readNovember 4, 2026