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January 16, 2025
The City of Edmonton is helping renters find and keep housing through free courses on tenant rights and responsibilities, budgeting, home maintenance and navigating the application process. Rent Ready courses, offered in partnership with Bissell Centre, C5 Hub and the Edmonton Public Library, are part of the City's efforts to prevent homelessness by empowering tenants.
“Through the Rent Ready courses, we are equipping renters with the essential knowledge and skills needed to secure and maintain housing. By empowering tenants with this information, we are taking proactive steps to prevent homelessness and ensure housing stability for all,” said Hani Quan, Director, Affordable Housing and Homelessness.
Renting can be complicated. To make it easier, these courses teach people about the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords, ways to find savings and make the most of their money, creating a safe home, communicating effectively with landlords and applying to rent.
Two types of courses are offered:
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Basic Course: a three hour in-person course that gives renters the knowledge and tools they need to find housing that works for them.
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Certificate Course: a more in-depth four week in-person course. Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate recognized by The Alberta Residential Landlord Association as a reference for rental applications.
Learn more and sign up at edmonton.ca/RentReady.
More than one-third of Edmonton households rent. The City and its partners want to empower people to become great tenants so they can find and keep their housing.
The free Rent Ready courses are part of the City’s efforts to prevent homelessness and housing insecurity and create an inclusive Edmonton for all of us. Everyone deserves safe, stable and adequate housing.
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