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Order LR97-10
IN
THE MATTER of the Rental of Residential Property Act,
R.S.P.E.I. 1988, C. R 13.1,
and
IN THE MATTER of
establishing the allowable percentage rent increase for 1998, pursuant to Section 23.(1)
of the Rental of Residential Property Act.
Tuesday,
September 9, 1997
Linda Webber, Chair
Ginger Breeden, Vice-Chair
James Nicholson, Commissioner
Order
WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of Section 23.(1) of the Act, the
Commission is required to establish the allowable percentage of rent increase for 1998;
AND WHEREAS
pursuant to the provisions of Section 23.(2) of the Act,
the Director of Residential Rental Property has invited written representations from
lessors and lessees to assist in establishing the annual prescribed percentage rent
increase. The request was by way of a notice in the printed media;
AND WHEREAS
in setting the prescribed percentage rent increase the Commission
has considered the following: representation received pursuant to Section 23.(2) of the Act,
the vacancy rates for the province, a review of the economic outlook for the province, a
review of the Consumer Price Index forecasts for 1998, a weighted model of estimated cost
components for 1998, and a comparison over the past five years of: the rent increases
allowed, the increase in the consumer price index and the increase of weekly wages and
salaries;
NOW THEREFORE , pursuant to the Rental of Residential Property Act,
IT IS ORDERED THAT
1. The allowable percentage rent
increase for 1998 shall be one and one half (1.5) percent.
DATED at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, this 9th day of September, 1997.
BY THE COMMISSION:
Linda
Webber, Chair
Ginger Breeden, Vice-Chair
James Nicholson, Commissioner
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