- Form ref
- Rental Housing Protection By-law No. 24-109
- Submit to
- City of Hamilton Planning Division
- Applies to
- owner
- Document date
- January 1, 2025
A user guide to the City of Hamilton's Rental Housing Protection By-law No. 24-109, which regulates conversion and demolition of residential rental property of six or more units under section 99.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001. It walks through the declaration of use and screening form, application materials, the tenant notice and tenant information meeting, delegation to Planning Committee or the Chief Planner, permit conditions, issuance and transition. Appendices carry the tenant relocation and assistance guideline, vacancy rates, 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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- Publisher
- City of Hamilton
- Category
- Study requirements
- Published under
- Rental Housing Protection — the municipality's own heading
- Alias
- Review Rental Housing Protection By-law User Guide
- Work types
- demolition · conversion · interior renovation
- Instruments
- Rental Housing Protection By-law No. 24-109 · Municipal Act, 2001 · Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 · Safe Apartment Buildings By-law (24-054) · Renovation Licence and Relocation By-law (24-055 and 24-112)
- Required for
- Conversion or demolition of a residential rental property with six or more units
- Building types
- residential
- Tags
user-guiderental-housingdemolitionconversiontenant-relocation