Resources
-
Asking to assign
This letter writing tool can be used by a tenant to write a letter to their landlord asking to assign their rental unit.
-
Asking to sublet
This letter writing tool can be used by a tenant to write a letter to their landlord asking to sublet their rental unit.
-
Being evicted for renovations
There are rules your landlord must follow if they want to evict you to do renovations or repairs. This resource describes those rules, how you can fight the eviction, and the right to move back in after the renovations are complete.
-
Can your landlord take your stuff?
This resource tells you what your landlord must do with any personal property you leave behind when you move or are evicted.
-
Care homes
A care home is a rented home that provides health care services, attendant care services, or help with daily living. This resource 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.
-
Checklist: N12 notice for purchaser’s use
This resource can be used by a tenant to see if they can fight the eviction.
-
Does your landlord or a buyer want to move in?
This resource explains the steps your landlord or a buyer must take if they want to evict you so they can move into your rental unit. It also explains what you can do to try and stay in your rental unit.
-
Does your landlord want you to move out?
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.
-
Fighting an eviction
This resource 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
Tenants have the right to live free from harassment and discrimination by their landlord or by other tenants.
-
-
Landlord and Tenant Board Payment Agreement Form Tool
This resource can be used by a tenant to understand the LTB’s Payment Agreement Form.
-
Maintenance and repairs
This resource 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: Giving notice
This resource explains how much notice you must give your landlord to move out. It also explains the rules you must follow to give notice and what happens if you don’t give the right notice.
-
Moving out: Subletting and assigning
This resource describes how to assign or sublet your rental unit. It also explains the rules you and your landlord must follow, and what you can do if your landlord refuses to let you assign or sublet.
-
Paying rent
This resource explains what fees and deposits your landlord can charge you. It also explains why rent receipts are important and what your landlord must include in them.
-
-
Rent increases
To increase a tenant's rent, the landlord must follow the rules set by the Residential Tenancies Act. This resource explains those rules. It also talks about steps tenants can take if they have paid an illegal rent amount.
-
Rental agreements
This resource explains Ontario's rules about rental agreements, including what can and cannot be included in them. It also explains your options if your landlord does not use Ontario's standard rental agreement.
-
Renting a place to live
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.