Tenant Services: Including Advocacy Assistance Within Landlord-Tenant Board Proceedings

Certain events, such as a major fire, flood or serious water damage, tornado or windstorm, or other unforeseen circumstances, including changes in law, may...

The use of a fresh lease at the end of a lease period as a means to impose a rent increase above the allowable guideline is unlawful. 

There are many various ways that a tenant may cause damage or injury that results in losses to a landlord.  When the landlord suffers such losses the landlord...

Landlords must keep rental units in good repair as required by Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act. Tenants can seek remedies, including rent abatement, for...

Tenant privacy rights may require a landlord to refrain from taking pictures of occupied units for purposes other than maintenance or repairs. Using images for...

Persons living in an accommodation arrangement involving the sharing of a kitchen or bathroom with the landlord are exempt from protections under the...

There are four opportunities to resolve the eviction for rent arrears process prior to the actual eviction of a tenant. 

A landlord is statutorily required to hold and protect the private information regarding a tenant.  Failure to do so may result in a Landlord Tenant Board...

Feeling slighted by rent arrears due to failure of payment or perceived misconduct by a tenant, a landlord may wish to lockout a tenant; however, doing so...