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What are the landlord’s options if the tenant asks to assign the rental unit?

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What are the landlord’s options if the tenant asks to assign the rental unit?

The Residential Tenancies Act establishes several rules related to the issue of “assignment”. There are two types of consent for assignment, “general consent” or “specific consent”.

If a tenant requests the general consent of the landlord, the landlord may either consent to the assignment or refuse to consent.

If a tenant is seeking “specific consent” the landlord may,

  • consent to the assignment of the rental unit to a potential assignee;
  • refuse consent to the assignment of the rental unit to the potential assignee; or
  • refuse consent to the assignment of the rental unit.

A landlord cannot unreasonably or arbitrarily refuse consent to an assignment of  a rental unit to a potential assignee.

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