11/27/2025
The primary objectives of Bill 60 include expediting housing and infrastructure delivery, streamlining planning and development approvals, and reforming dispute resolution processes through the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). These changes aim to address the backlog and delays that have been prevalent in the current system.
One of the notable aspects of Bill 60 is Schedule 12, which amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (RTA). This amendment will have a provincewide impact on tenant-landlord relations. Key changes include:
1. Faster Non-Payment Evictions: Landlords can now issue a non-payment eviction notice effective as soon as 7 days after rent is missed, reducing the previous timeline of approximately 14 days.
2. Removing the discretion of an LTB adjudicator to postpone the enforcement of an eviction order: Adjudicators with the Landlord Tenant Board (LTB) have the authority to postpone the enforcement of eviction orders at their full discretion. Ontario, along with Saskatchewan, Quebec, and the Northwest Territories, has legislation that allows adjudicators to consider the fairness of the eviction rather than solely ensuring technical or procedural requirements are met. Also known as proportionality, it is a framework used to determine whether an eviction is necessary. It requires adjudicators to consider all the circumstances surrounding an eviction case and whether there are reasonable alternatives to eviction. Bill 60 plans to restrict adjudicators’ ability to exercise discretion by creating a closed list of specific conditions under which they can postpone the enforcement of an eviction order.
3. Eliminating the requirement to provide one-month compensation to tenants for no-fault “landlord own-use” evictions (N12) if a four-month notice is provided: For situations involving a landlord's personal or family use of a unit, or for demolition purposes, a 120-day notice is now sufficient. Additionally, landlords may no longer be required to provide compensation, which previously included one month’s rent or alternate accommodation.
4. Reducing the time available for tenants to appeal LTB decisions: The overall process for non-payment cases will be expedited, with hearings and decisions occurring more swiftly. The review and appeal windows have also been compressed from 30 days to 15 days.
5. Preventing tenants from raising new issues at LTB rent arrears hearings, unless they pay 50% of the rent arrears claimed by the landlord: Current legislation allows tenants to raise new issues at a Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) rent arrears hearing – such as health and safety concerns or landlord harassment. Requiring tenants to pay 50% of calculated arrears in order to present a counterclaim poses a significant barrier. The calculation of arrears owed may also contain errors. Moreover, Bill 60 suggests these changes “may reduce instances of tenants who withhold rent in bad faith.”
Additionally, The 2025 rent increase guideline in Ontario is 2.5%, the maximum amount most landlords can raise rent without special approval; it will change to 2.1% in 2026.
These changes are poised to significantly alter the landscape of tenant-landlord relations and may have broader implications for housing policy and infrastructure development.
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