The total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities rose 11.3% to $6.9 billion in December, following a 19.9% decline the previous month. Higher construction intentions for multi-family dwellings in Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta explained the advance.

We spend a part of our lives to build a patrimony, so why not make sure to pass it on well and keep it in good condition?

A first investment, married life, a home, a joint investment, a baby, a wedding, a separation or a divorce, all these events change your situation and bring their own set of protections to contemplate. Everything happens very quickly with all the accidents of life that one has to face and sometimes we fail to take the necessary precautions and use the tools that are available to us to be well protected and informed, whether by lack of time or money. Yet our choices and our actions have legal implications that we tend to forget and we never remember it enough.

In case of refusal of the lease modifications you propose to a tenant, it is up to the landlord to, within one month of the refusal, request the Court of the Régie du logement to decide on the requested modification.

When it concerns the amount of the rent, the setting of the rent is based on a calculation under the Regulation Respecting the Criteria for the Fixing of the Rent. Regarding the modifications, however, no criteria exist for establishing what is allowed. Therefore, each case is a case to be assessed according to the circumstances by the judge. A recent judgment has come to remind us of this principle (1). In this situation, the landlord demanded modification of a land lease for hosting a mobile home, in order to remove from the rental, a part of additional land that had been leased to store a trailer.

According to jurisprudence, it is on the shoulders of the landlord that lays the burden of proving that the notices of renewal of a lease have been given to the tenant and, if applicable, are binding on the latter.

In the case of Bon Apparte v. Rivera i, the Quebec Court recognized that paragraph 3 of section 7 of the Regulations on the procedure before the Régie du logement is mainly applied to applications and requests made before the Régie

With an increase in values ​​that has a direct impact on the rent increase it is to be expected that rent increases will be higher this year.

The revision of the roles of property assessments often has this impact. On the other hand, this time around it comes at a time when vacancy rates are higher across Québec...

The co-owners of a condominium unit demand from the syndicate $2793.21 for reimbursement of corrective work they had to pay because the chimney serving their unit did not meet the requirements of the National Building Code (\"NBC\"). They also claim $706.12 for the fees of their lawyer, who they hired for the purpose of determining the liability of the parties as to the payment of the work.

The value of building permits issued by municipalities was down 19.6% from October to $6.2 billion in November, falling below the $7-billion mark for first time since May 2015. The decrease was the result of widespread declines in both residential and non-residential sectors in most provinces, particularly Alberta.

Housing starts in Quebec  were trending at 35,814  units in December, compared  to  35,775  units  in  November,  according  to  Canada  Mortgage  and  Housing  Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.