Mobile Homes
Resolution Category
Provincial Scope 2
Subject
Social
Year
2010
Status
Defeated
Sponsor - Mover
Lethbridge, City of
Active Clauses
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Alberta urban Municipalities Association urge the Government of Alberta, through the Honourable Heather Klimchuk, Minister of Service Alberta, of the need to review the Alberta Mobile Homes Sites Tenancy Act to ensure that tenants are being treated fairly.
Whereas Clauses
WHEREAS 2006 statistics indicate there are 38,075 mobile homes in the province of Alberta representing 25.5% of all Canadian mobile homes;
WHEREAS the Existing Home Sites Tenancies Ministerial Regulations will expire October 31, 2010;
WHEREAS many mobile home tenants believe that the existing legislation provides inadequate tenant protection; and
WHEREAS mobile homes represent an important part of the affordable housing sector.