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2026 election: supporting, modernizing and facilitating the transfer of the rental housing stock to promote affordability

As the election campaign approaches, the Corporation des propriétaires immobiliers du Québec (CORPIQ) is sounding the alarm: Quebec's housing model, built on tens of thousands of small landlords, is gradually eroding. In the second volume of a report released today, Proprios d’ici, piliers de notre économie, the organization is proposing 12 concrete measures to political parties to preserve, modernize and facilitate the transfer of the existing rental housing stock — which houses nearly 40% of Quebec households.

Family of four eating at the table during the 2026 election campaign

Develop public policies that reflect realities on the ground

“We have always approached housing from the perspective of building more. Today, we need to rethink how we provide housing for Quebecers by taking into account their needs and the public and private resources available to us. In this second report on Quebec's housing model, CORPIQ is calling on all stakeholders to bring their efforts together and take action through concrete measures,” says Éric Sansoucy, spokesperson for CORPIQ.

Non-partisan solutions for the benefit of all Quebecers

CORPIQ insists that political parties have a responsibility to make every effort to address housing challenges, particularly in the private residential rental sector.

CORPIQ proposes four areas of action and twelve solutions:

Improve housing governance: create a Quebec Housing Observatory at the beginning of the next government's term, establish a Quebec Housing Round Table, and reform an overwhelmed Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL), where only 8.2% of the 1.4 million calls received are handled by a person.
Launch a major renovation initiative: overhaul the programs currently available, create a 30% tax credit for rental property renovations, particularly for energy-efficiency improvements, and review Act R-20, as renovating a rental unit currently costs 30% to 50% more under this regulatory framework.
Modernize community living: introduce housing assistance that follows the person rather than the dwelling, establish a homelessness prevention service and create a regulated rental security fund — an approach already adopted by 9 out of 10 Canadian provinces.
Promote business succession: introduce flexible tax measures to prevent the retirement of a generation of landlords from resulting in a wave of consolidation and financialization of the rental housing stock.

“The existing rental housing stock provides the most affordable housing — we will never be able to build new units at such low costs. Renovating it is therefore not an expense; it is an affordability policy,” says Éric Sansoucy.

“Housing will be a major issue in the upcoming election campaign. Landlords are proposing structural measures that should resonate with political parties: strengthening our local economy, better supporting vulnerable people, promoting real estate succession and reducing bureaucracy,” concludes Nathalie Mercier, Executive Director of CORPIQ.

It should be recalled that in Volume 1 of the report, published last June and based on a study by Aviseo Conseil, CORPIQ showed that the private rental sector generates $32.1 billion in added value annually, representing 5.6% of Quebec's GDP, and supports more than 135,000 jobs. The sector is built on 163,119 landlords, 96% of whom are individuals. However, this housing stock is aging rapidly: 72.6% of rental buildings were constructed before 1990, while renovation costs increased by 49% between 2017 and 2025. Overly complex regulations, poorly designed financial assistance programs, growing social challenges and tax rules that discourage real estate succession are among the day-to-day realities faced by Quebec landlords.

Read the report Proprios d’ici, piliers de notre économie.

Read our election proposals.

(Please note that both reports are available in French only).