HamiltonBuilding PermitsDemolition
Rental Housing Demolitions and Conversions Guide to Applications for Permit
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- January 1, 2025
- Also called
- Review Rental Housing Protection By-law User Guide
- For
- owner
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 21
- Instruments
- Rental Housing Protection By-law No. 24-109 · Municipal Act, 2001, Section 99.1 · Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 · Safe Apartment Buildings By-law (24-054) · Renovation License and Relocation By-law (24-055 and 24-112)
Overview
A user guide to the City of Hamilton's Rental Housing Protection By-law No. 24-109, last updated January 1, 2025. It explains the by-law's purpose and authority under section 99.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001, when it applies to rental properties of six or more units, the declaration of use and screening process, application materials, tenant notification and information meetings, delegation, review, decision, permit conditions and transition. Appendices carry the tenant relocation and assistance guideline, vacancy rates and average market rents, and rent gap rates.
What it covers
- Purpose
- Background
- Related Rental Housing By-laws
- Authority
- When Does the By-law Apply?
- Screening Process
- Required Application Materials
- Deeming an Application Complete
- Tenant Engagement
- Tenant Notification Requirements
- Tenant Information Meeting
- Application Process
- Delegation
- Review Process
- Decision
- Permit Conditions
- Permit Issuance
- Transition
- Glossary
- Appendix 1: Tenant Relocation and Assistance Guideline
- Appendix 2: Vacancy Rates and Average Market Rents
- Appendix 3: 2023 Rent Rates for Determining Rent Gap Compensation
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