{"id":883223,"date":"2026-09-04T16:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883223\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:02:11","slug":"manitoba-expanding-rent-control-threshold-to-2000-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/883223\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba\u00a0expanding rent control threshold to $2,000 a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Manitoba\u00a0government says it\u2019s following through on a commitment to expand rent control in the province.<\/p>\n<p>It says renters paying up to $2,000 per month will be included in the province\u2019s rent-control program starting next year, up from the existing threshold of $1,670.<\/p>\n<p>It says the expansion should mean at least 2,000 additional rental units will be covered by the program.<\/p>\n<p>Landlords can only increase rents by three per cent next year for rent-controlled units, while the limit is 1.8 per cent this year.<\/p>\n<p>There are various exemptions, including for rental units less than 20 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The NDP government proposed the rent control expansion in March.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788537731_439_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Manitoba\u00a0government says it\u2019s following through on a commitment to expand rent control in the province. It says renters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-883223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}