Six-month freeze on residential rent increases

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Status:
Completed
Lead agency:
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
Action timeframe:
From 26 March 2020

In response to Covid-19, a freeze on residential rent increases, and increased protection for tenants from having tenancies terminated, were put in place on 25 March. These measures were introduced for public health reasons, and to assist tenants to sustain their tenancies to the greatest extent possible.   The rent increase freeze started on 26 March and remained in place up until and including 25 September 2020.

The protections against having tenancies terminated expired on 25 June, as the immediate and significant public health risks had passed.