The APQ disagrees with the City of Montréal’s certification and lease register project
The Association des Propriétaires du Québec (APQ) can only be opposed to the announcement by the City of Montreal of its project to certify and establish a lease register.
For the Association des Propriétaires du Québec (APQ), a lease register is simply useless. Tenants are already protected more than anywhere else in the world. Moreover, the provision that aims to maintain the same price of the housing following the departure of the tenant must be abolished, quite simply. Protection is granted to the tenant in the premises, but in addition to this the tenant can ask that the rent be reduced to a lower price while he has freely negotiated and signed a contract, i.e., the lease! It is simply outrageous to trample on people’s freedom to contract, in this way. Only supply and demand should govern this type of situation.
If a dwelling is too expensive, it will not find a buyer and the price will be adjusted accordingly.
“We believe that the imposition of new obligations would only increase the financial and operational burden on Montreal rental housing owners. Owners will have to have their buildings appraised at their own expense!” says Martin Messier, President of the APQ.