{"id":45376,"date":"2009-10-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en?post_type=publications&#038;p=45376"},"modified":"2025-01-13T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:57:22","slug":"fightev","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/fightev","title":{"rendered":"Fighting an eviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Does this resource apply to you?<\/h2>\n<p>This resource is about tenants&#8217; rights under the <strong>Residential Tenancies Act (RTA)<\/strong>. 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 online tool at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/english\/roommates\/\">cleo.on.ca\/roommates<\/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 resource does not apply to you<\/strong>. If you are not sure, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/fightev\/where-get-help-and-information\">Where to get help and information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box\">\n<h2>If you speak French<\/h2>\n<p>In many cases you have the right to government services and legal proceedings in French, including hearings before French-speaking decision-makers.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a legal problem, you can ask a lawyer or a community legal clinic about your French language rights.<\/p>\n<h2>Si vous parlez fran\u00e7ais<\/h2>\n<p>Il existe de nombreuses situations o\u00f9 vous avez droit \u00e0 des services gouvernementaux et \u00e0 des proc\u00e9dures juridiques en fran\u00e7ais. Ainsi, vous pouvez avoir droit \u00e0 ce qu\u2019une audience \u00e0 laquelle vous \u00eates partie soit tenue devant un d\u00e9cideur qui parle fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n<p>Si vous avez un probl\u00e8me juridique, vous pouvez demander \u00e0 un avocat ou \u00e0 un intervenant d\u2019une clinique juridique communautaire de vous informer des droits linguistiques li\u00e9s au fait de parler fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53532,"template":"","class_list":["post-45376","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>Fighting an eviction - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"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. 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