Housing law: what is it?

Housing law concerns all the provisions surrounding the relationship between the owner of a property and the tenant. This relationship is structured around a lease contract that determines the obligations of each party. The legislation also provides different legal provisions to ensure a respectful relationship between the landlord and the tenant. The lease contract is therefore a central point of the law of housing, hence the importance of being assisted by a competent lawyer, to avoid any ambiguity in the terms of the contract.

Useful links for more information on housing law

• > Access to housing and visits
• > Transferring your lease or subletting your home
• > Challenging a decision of the Tribunal Administratif du Logement
• > Executing a decision of the Tribunal Administratif du Logement
• > Renewal of the lease of a dwelling
• > Heating Problems
• >The takeover of housing
• > Lease with a private residence

LEGISLATION AND IMPORTANT DECISIONS

Amendments to the Act respecting the Tribunal Administratif du Logement - Decisions adjudicating cases of modification of a condition of the lease -Project No. 131 - 2010

• > Code civil du Québec
• > Regulations on the procedure before the Tribunal Administratif du Logement
• > Regulation respecting compulsory lease forms and references to notice to new tenant
• > Regulation respecting the fees charged by the Tribunal Administratif du Logement

IMPORTANT DECISIONS
1. Silencer Gaétn Nadeau inc. c. Pelchat, (2004-04-14): The landlord's obligation to provide the tenant with the peaceful enjoyment of the leased property includes a few exceptions: force majeure, third-party acts and urgent repairs

2. 2020 University Associates v. Riauchi, (CS., 2007-07-05): The peaceful enjoyment of the leased premises extends not only to the leased space described in the lease, but also to all that is necessary for the use of the leased premises

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We also represent you on appeal from decisions of the Tribunal Administratif du Logement before the Court of Québec

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