Can your landlord take your stuff? (PDF 232 KB)
February 2010
This booklet explains what landlords can do with personal property that tenants leave behind when they move or are evicted. It describes when it is legal for a landlord to take a tenant’s belongings, what a landlord can do with the belongings of a tenant who dies, and what some of the rules are for a tenant who lives in a mobile or land lease home.

Care homes (PDF 226 KB)
February 2012
A care home is a rented home that provides health care services, attendant care services, or help with daily living. This booklet explains how to tell if someone is a care home tenant and describes the rights of care home tenants. It covers topics such as information packages, tenancy agreements,rent, services, and evictions.

Does your landlord want you to move out? (PDF 95 KB)
(January 2010)
This resource offers basic information about what tenants need to do if they do not want to move out or be evicted, what happens at a Landlord and Tenant Board hearing, and where to get referral information in many languages.
Audio (5.27 minutes; 4.4 MB)

Fighting an eviction (PDF 363 KB)
October 2009
This booklet explains what tenants need to do if they do not want to move out or be evicted, what happens at a Landlord and Tenant Board hearing, and what tenants can do if they get an eviction order from the Board. There is also contact information to get more information or legal help.

Harassment and discrimination (PDF 186 KB)
November 2010
Tenants have a legal right to be free from harassment and discrimination by their landlords or by other tenants. This booklet explains these rights as well as tenants’ right to privacy in their homes. It describes what tenants can do if these rights are not respected.

Maintenance and repairs (PDF 168 KB)
February 2012
Every tenant has the right to a home that is well maintained, in a building that is clean and safe. This booklet explains the types of maintenance and repairs that landlords must do, steps tenants can take to get things fixed, and ways tenants can get help.

Moving out (PDF 246 KB)
August 2010
This booklet describes what tenants have to do if they want to move out, and what can happen if they do not follow the rules. There are sections dealing with ways to move out early: making an agreement with a landlord, assigning, subletting, and applying to the Landlord and Tenant Board.

Rent increases (PDF 205 KB)
February 2012
To increase a tenant’s rent, the landlord must follow the rules set by the Residential Tenancies Act. This booklet explains those rules. It also talks about agreements that a landlord and a tenant can make to increase the rent, rules about deposits and other charges, and steps tenants can take if they have paid an illegal rent or charge.

Rental Housing (HTML)
This online guide on the Your Legal Rights website features legal rights information about rental housing in Ontario, including rental agreements, maintenance and repairs, rent increases, and eviction.

Renting a place to live (PDF 100 KB)
(January 2010)
This resource offers basic information to tenants about how much rent a landlord can charge, deposits and payments a tenant might have to make before moving in, and other rules landlords and tenants must follow. There is also information about discrimination, moving out, taking legal action if a landlord breaks the rules, and where to get referral information in many languages.
Audio (5.27 minutes; 4.4 MB)

Web tool for renters with roommates: Sharing rental housing? (HTML)
February 2007
There are many different kinds of shared rental arrangements and different sets of laws that apply to them. This interactive web tool will help renters find out which laws apply to their situation and what their rights and responsibilities are.

What tenants need to know about the law (PDF 341 KB)
October 2010
This booklet describes some important things about the Residential Tenancies Act and some ways it is different from the law it replaced. Topics covered include rent increases, deposits and other charges, repairs and maintenance, privacy, moving out, and eviction.