My tenant recently passed away, what are my obligations?

If a tenant dies and there are no other tenants in the unit, the tenancy is deemed to be terminated 30 days after the death of the tenant. – The landlord must preserve any property of the tenant who has died other than property that is unsafe or unhygienic – The landlord must provide reasonable access to the rental unit to allow the executor of the estate or family member to remove the tenant’s property. – The landlord is permitted to sell, retain for the landlord’s own use or dispose of the property once 30 days have passed from the day the tenant died. – The Act states that if within six months of the tenant’s death the executor or administrator of the tenant’s estate or a family member claims any of the property that the landlord has sold, the landlord shall pay to the estate the amount of the proceeds from the sale, after deducting the landlord’s reasonable out of pocket expenses for moving, storing, securing or selling the property; and/or any arrears of rent owing. – Where the landlord has retained the belongings for his own use, if the executor or administrator of the tenant’s estate or a family member claims the property, the landlord shall return the property to the tenant’s estate

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