RTA: VULNERABLE SENIORS RENT CAP
THE SPEAKER: The honourable member for Bedford Basin.
HON. KELLY REGAN: Recently, a gentleman who’s not from my riding reached out to me. He was concerned by what he was seeing in his home community. He said seniors there were being charged above the allowable rent increases, and he indicated to me that yes, the seniors knew that they were covered by the rent cap, and they weren’t supposed to be getting increases of over two per cent this year.
He said he knows of a seniors complex where this is, in fact, happening. I said, but they’re covered by the rental cap. He indicated he told the seniors that but the seniors feel vulnerable. My question is for the Minister Responsible for Residential Tenancies: What would you tell seniors or anyone who feels vulnerable to do in a situation like this?
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