Solidarity urges the Legault government to better protect senior tenants against evictions and repossessions of housing, which are “rising”.
Québec solidaire (QS) proposes to improve the conditions currently provided for in the Civil Code, and adopted in 2016 under the initiative of former MP Françoise David.
A bill, presented last week by MP Andrés Fontecilla, proposes expanding three criteria that prohibit the repossession of housing or eviction of a landlord.
This is to prevent a tenant over the age of 65, who has lived in his or her residence for at least five years and has an income less than a certain limit, from being disposed of. Some exceptions will still remain in place.
Our bill is an outstretched hand to the CAQ government to concretely protect seniorsargued Mr. Fontecilla, Wednesday at a press conference in Montreal.
Currently, the law sets a minimum age of 70 years and the number of years of residential employment is ten years minimum. The tenant must also have an income equal to or less than the maximum income that allows him or her to qualify for low-rent housing.
QS proposes to increase the maximum income of this last condition.
The political formation wants to adopt the bill before the end of the current parliamentary session, in June.
With only a few weeks left in the parliamentary session, enough time to study a relatively short, relatively short and concise bill and pass it before the summer.Mr. Fontecilla argued in front of the private residence for seniors (RPA) Mont-Carmel.
Residents of the René-Lévesque Boulevard establishment have been threatened with eviction as the owner intends to turn this RPA into a rental complex. regular.
Source: Radio-Canada
