A new Hamilton bylaw meant to crack down on shoddy apartment building conditions takes effect in January to the applause of tenant advocates but irritation of a local landlord association.

Staff plan to conduct evaluations of roughly 900 larger rental complexes by September 2027 through the safe apartment buildings program .

“We’ll be looking for maintenance and cleaning practices, health and safety and security, customer service practices and the overall compliance with the bylaw,” Joanna Manganiello, manager of rental compliance, said recently at city hall.

The program is for apartment buildings in Hamilton with two or more storeys and six or more units.

The bylaw specifically targets common areas, not individual units, with attention paid to issues like adequacy of garbage-disposa

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