While several concerns raised in the group are addressed in a new Residential Tenancies Act, Flight is happiest to see a clause that allows people escaping a violent relationship to break a lease. Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will allow people leaving a violent relationship to break a lease. Throughout the course of his advocacy, Flight was invited to consult with the provincial government on several occasions during the Service NL review of the Residential Tenancies Act. He provided Gambin-Walsh with a 28-page report based on concerns raised in the Facebook group. When asked his opinion of the new bill, Flight said it's been a long time coming — 18 years, to be exact, since the Residential Tenancies Act was introduced.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2018 23:03 UTC