On December 8, 2020, the Ontario government passed Bill
229,
Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act
(Budget Measures), 2020, an omnibus budget bill (Bill 229).
Among other things, Bill 229 extended the moratorium on evicting
tenants that were or would have been eligible to receive assistance
under the Canada Emergency Rent Assistance (CECRA) for small
businesses program (CECRA tenancies), as more particularly set out
in our
November 17, 2020 article. Pursuant to Bill 229, during
specified periods, judges are prohibited from ordering a writ of
possession if the basis for ordering the writ is an arrears of
rent, and landlords are prohibited from exercising a right of
re-entry and from seizing any goods or chattels as a distress for
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The California Legislature made modest gains on housing
production and stimulus bills in 2020, and there are several
notable bills that took effect on January 1, 2021. The new laws
tackle COVID-19, project permit streamlining and planning,
residential density bonus, and the California Environmental Quality
Act ( CEQA ). Below is a summary of these new laws.
Additionally, the Legislature is revisiting some of the
signature housing production bills that failed in October. For
example, Senate Bill ( SB ) 6 would allow housing
developments as a permitted use in commercial zones, and SB 9 would
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Good riddance to 2020. It was a challenging year by any
stretch, but the industry prevailed with the hard work of many
front-line condominium personnel including, but not limited to,
cleaners, security staff, superintendents and property
managers. While we are not out of the woods quite yet, a big
thank you goes out to all of those who kept the industry afloat
during 2020.
Now that we have turned the page, we look forward to what 2021
has to offer. While the pandemic undoubtedly will play a
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The recent border closures motivated by the new variant of
Coronavirus emerging will inevitably have an impact on some
construction projects. This might come in the form of delays to the
supply of goods and materials, labour shortages or other unforeseen
disruption to the project.
Contractors will be keen to limit their potential liability by
making claims for extensions of time. In turn, employers and
developers will be keen to ensure that contractors do not use the
recent border closures and the new variant of coronavirus to push