Government Advocacy
Industry Partners
The Alberta Residential Landlord Association works hard to bring our members together with Municipal, Provincial and Federal governments and have partnered with the following Departments and Associations which are interested in the residential rental industry:
Alberta
Previous Efforts
The various committees of the Alberta Residential Landlord Association work to affect favourable change within the various levels of government. Previous efforts include:
The Alberta Residential Landlord Association works hard to bring our members together with Municipal, Provincial and Federal governments and have partnered with the following Departments and Associations which are interested in the residential rental industry:
Alberta
- Alberta Barrier Free Council
- Alberta Residential Tenancies Advisory Committee (ARTAC)
- Alberta Government Residential Tenancies Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS)
- Service Alberta, Consumer Services
- City of Edmonton - Emergency Response Department
- City of Edmonton - Mayor's Capital City Clean Up Committee
- City of Edmonton - Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods
- City of Edmonton - Waste Management Department
- Edmonton - Bed Bug Project
- Edmonton Hoarding Coalition Group
- Edmonton Police Service - Crime Prevention Unit
- Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations
- REALTORS Association of Edmonton
- Real Estate Council of Alberta
Previous Efforts
The various committees of the Alberta Residential Landlord Association work to affect favourable change within the various levels of government. Previous efforts include:
- Commissioned the Split Mill Rate Position Paper, presented to the City of Edmonton, Business & Property Tax Review Committee, to phase out the unfair multi-family tax rate
- Involved on committee to review the Residential Tenancies Act, Ministerial Regulations and Code of Practice
- Collaborated with the Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations on Federal tax issues
- Involvement with the U of A Legal Studies Department developing the Laws for Landlords Website:www.landlordandtenant.org
- Contributed feedback to the development and implementation of the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service pilot project (resolutions for landlord and tenant disputes)
- Studies on effects of rent controls and the market impact of our enconomy