本人对下文的理解为,安省省长Dalton McGuinty说,虽然HST提高了能源的成本,但不会提高房租。同时,房东可以因为CPI,即通货膨胀指数,的上升要求增加房租,省长预期会有一定的通货膨胀。但租赁法规又允许房东因为水、电、气等征收了HST税,成本提高而要求房租增加来弥补这部分费用。
个人感慨一下,原来房租多少政府有法规规定的呀。
原文:
The much talked about HST rent increase is no longer! On Monday April 12, renters in Ontario got a break. The upcoming harmonized sales tax will not result in a rent increase according to Premiere Dalton McGuinty.
While promising to be fair to both tenants and landlords the Premiere announced today that an HST related increase in energy costs will not cause rent to rise.
Last year landlords warned renters across the province that rent costs will rise because of HST. Todays good news was described as the closing of a ‘loophole’ in rent regulations. The rent ‘loophole’ allowed landlords in Ontario to apply for above-guideline rent increases to counter a 13 percent increase in utilities.
McGuinty described an opportunity to apply for rent increases based on the consumer price index as fairness for landlords. The option means landlords will only be able to request rent hikes when the consumer price index increases, which he predicted will see “very modest” increases.