Is it legal for landlord to start asking for a deposit for amenities included in your rent?
The property management company that runs my building has been increasingly limiting tenants’ access to/making it difficult to use the amenities in our building that are included in our rent.
There is a pool, party room, and media room that tenants used to be able to access anytime. In the past years, they have limited the pool to only certain hours. Most recently, they told us in order to use the media or party room they require a certified cheque in advance for $250 and lengthy signed contract.
Most residents in the building are retired and elderly and getting together with the building community is important to them. It is overly arduous for most of them to go to this effort, so these amenities are sitting empty. It does not seem reasonable for tenants to be forced to leave their residence to go to the bank any time they want to use the amenities in their building.
My question is, A) is it legal for the landlord to start asking for a deposit to use amenities we pay for as past of our rent? B) Is it legal for the landlord to reduce our access to these amenities? TAI for your insight.