A key protection for New Brunswick tenants in 2023 required rent increases above the inflation rate to be spread over multiple years with "no exceptions" if a tenant asked, but that won't happen this year, according to a new approach quietly adopted by the province.
New Brunswick's minister responsible for housing says landlords who have been told by the Residential Tenancies Tribunal they can raise rents on tenants above 7.3 per cent for 2023 without spreading the increase over two or three years are having those decisions reviewed and reversed if necessary.