The Basses-Laurentides ACEF encourages tenants to leave a photocopy of their lease in the apartment they will be leaving on July 1. This action will help future tenants to defend their rights according to the association.
ACEF points out that in this moving season, some owners of apartment buildings are taking advantage of this to improperly increase the cost of rent for the next occupant.
In the official lease of the Régie du logement, there is a section for this purpose, section G, which the owner must fill out. He must indicate the amount of rent paid in the last year. On the other hand, some owners omit to fill it out or write in false information maintains the ACEF.
In this sense, it is also a good idea to leave a copy of the lease modification notices received over the years. Everything can be placed in a cupboard or in a kitchen drawer, for example.
The ACEF des Basses-Laurentides reminds you that arrangements are made to enforce the rights of tenants.
Thus, if the owner has not entered the amount paid by the former occupant in section G of the lease, the new tenant has up to two months after the start of the lease to request a revision of the rental price from the Accommodation company.
If the landlord completes section G of the lease, but the amount of the new rent requested is much higher than the amount of the rent paid by the former tenant, the tenant has ten days from the signing of the lease to request a review the price of the rent to the Régie du logement.
In addition, if the owner has made a false declaration, the tenant has up to two months after becoming aware of the fraud to request a review of the rent price.
