My Landlord Legal Blog
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Over the last week there have been several newspaper articles about cutbacks in funding to community legal clinic programs and then today, cutbacks on programs offered by the Advocacy Center for Tenants, Ontario ('ACTO').ACTO does advocacy work for residential tenants…