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November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 by harry

What if Ontario’s Banks were Treated Like Ontario’s Residential Landlords?

Business owners should have to assume risk.  After all, they are in the business of making a return on their investment better than they might have achieved if they had taken no risk. But what if government creates a statutory…

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September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 by harry

Terrible Delays at LTB Pervert & Distort Behaviour, Impede Access to Justice

Behaviour can be predicted, shaped and molded.  Economists tell us we can predict and shape consumer behaviour by adjusting variables.  Anyone seriously looking at the LTB's system today will agree that the variables in place guarantee frivolous matters being filed,…

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March 23, 2022September 8, 2022 by harry

Ontario Landlords must use the Standard Government Lease

Written tenancy agreements for Ontario's residential landlords have been inconsistent and confusing.  Existing leases are jam-packed with illegal clauses and in some cases, there is no written lease at all.  Some small landlord investors are of the mistaken belief that…

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October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 by harry

Conduct Issues with Condo Tenants Requires Fast Action…Or Else!

Ontario's Condominium Act is constantly undergoing significant changes, but one thing hasn't changed since the Act became law in 1998.  About 50% of the units in condos are investor-owned rentals.  And sometimes a tenant's conduct creates problems for other owners…

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October 5, 2021October 6, 2021 by harry

Meanwhile, two years later…

Bill 184 which extensively amended the Residential Tenancies Act (the RTA) has been law for 25 months although major portions of the bill were only proclaimed into law on September 1st, 2021. It's hard to separate the Bill 184 amendments…

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July 24, 2020October 5, 2021 by harry

The Sky is Not Falling – RTA Changes Mostly Benefit Tenants

Tenant advocates will read this post and just scream that landlords butter my bread and that I should be ignored.  But let's get one thing straight.  I do more work for tenants than for landlords.  I'm in nobody's boat, unlike…

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March 26, 2020October 5, 2021 by harry

Updated Letter to Tenant, Keeping Lines of Communication Open

Here's an amended letter I drafted that landlords may want to use.  It includes some changes with the known government benefits. This is not legal advice.  This may brick your device :-). You need to modify this letter to make…

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March 22, 2020October 5, 2021 by harry

We Need an April 1st Solution that’s Fair for Landlords & Tenants

There is a groundswell of support for a rent strike in Ontario starting with the April 1st rent.  It started in Parkdale (hats off to their advocacy work) but has spread everywhere.  Take a look at the home page of…

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March 12, 2020October 5, 2021 by harry

Changes to the RTA are Finally on the Way, but Completely Inadequate

On March 12, 2020 the government introduced a Bill to amend the Residential Tenancies Act.  Almost 2 years after they were elected, the Ford government has finally taking steps that it was hoped would deal with the Act's shortcomings. The proposed…

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August 8, 2019October 3, 2021 by harry

Should Public Funds Be Spent Having Legal Clinics Use These Aggressive Tactics

Yesterday I wrote a letter to Charles Harnick, the new Chair of the Board of Legal Aid Ontario with a copy to the CEO David Field.  LAO is funded by the provincial and federal governments. I've attached the letter here,…

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