What are the parties promising on Rental housing?

This is a page from the 2023 Prince Edward Island general election.

Rental housing platforms

Here's what the 2023 PEI election parties are promising.

Launch a rent-to-own programme offering opportunities to purchase a home after renting it for 24 months

Create a rental registry to protect people from illegal rents

"Among other things, a rental registry would log the rent payable in a rental unit in a publicly accessible database; this would allow tenants to verify whether the rent they are paying is in fact legal." — peigreens.ca backgrounder, 2023-03-20
Make the renoviction moratorium permanent
Establish a tenant advocate for IRAC tenancy proceedings
Regulate privacy protections for prospective tenants when they're being vetted

"Create regulations setting out what information is permitted to be collected and what information is not during the vetting of prospective tenants." — peigreens.ca backgrounder, 2023-03-09
Increase compensation for tenants evicted without cause
Give IRAC more resources to investigate and consider complaints under the Residential Tenancy Act

"Give IRAC the resources necessary to investigate and consider complaints under the Residential Tenancy Act in a timely manner." — peigreens.ca backgrounder, 2023-03-09

Increase rental subsidies for low-income Islanders
Allow landlords to adjust rents on vacant properties

"Undertake a more balanced approach to rental legislation that allows PEI landlords to adjust rents on vacant properties in keeping with the approach in the rest of Canada" — Healthcare First: An Action Plan for Islanders, 2023-03-22

Require the same rent to be charged to a new tenant as the previous one

"Add regulation to maintain the same rent charged to the previous tenant." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09
Create and manage a provincial rent registry
Update the Residential Tenancy Act to better protect renters