{"id":45373,"date":"2012-03-05T19:42:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T00:42:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:05:47","slug":"yourstuff","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/yourstuff","title":{"rendered":"Can your landlord take your stuff?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"box\">\n<h3>If you speak French<\/h3>\n<p>In many cases you have the right to government services and legal proceedings in French. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/yourstuff\/if-you-speak-french-2\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Does this resource apply to you?<\/h2>\n<p>This resource is about tenants&#8217; rights under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-laws.gov.on.ca\/html\/statutes\/english\/elaws_statutes_06r17_e.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Residential Tenancies Act (RTA)<\/a>. The RTA applies to most rental housing in Ontario, such as rooms, apartments, houses, mobile home parks, and retirement homes.<\/p>\n<p>But some rental housing is <strong>not covered<\/strong> by the RTA. For example, you might not be covered if you live in a place that is supposed to be used for business, share a kitchen or bathroom with the owner or a close family member of the owner, or live in some types of temporary or seasonal housing.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the RTA does not cover some types of shared living. If you share rental housing or you rent from another tenant, we have an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/roommates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online tool<\/a> that can help you find out if you are covered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your housing is not covered by the RTA, the information in this article does not apply to you.<\/strong> If you are not sure, <a href=\"\/en\/publications\/yourstuff\/where-can-i-get-help-or-more-information\">get legal advice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56311,"template":"","class_list":["post-45373","publications","type-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can your landlord take your stuff? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This resource explains what landlords must do with any personal property tenants leave behind when they move, are evicted, or die.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/yourstuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can your landlord take your stuff? 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