Re-posted from the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO). The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) is sounding the alarm on Bill 60 (Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025) which threatens to strip away essential tenant protections and weaken Ontario’s housing justice system. ACTO strongly opposes the government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act … More ACTO’s Top 5 Concerns On Bill 60
Re-posted from the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) blog. A form N12, or “Notice to End your Tenancy Because the Landlord, a Purchaser or a Family Member Requires the Rental Unit” is a form a landlord or their representative can give to their tenant as a notice of eviction in Ontario. A landlord who gives their … More ACTO: My landlord gave me a Form N12 notice. Now what?
Re-posted from the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) blog. The Landlord and Tenant Board (Board) is broken. Tenants and landlords alike languish for months, sometimes years, waiting for their hearing to be scheduled. When tenants initiate their own applications they wait twice as long as landlords. Despite removing all in-person services, tripling the number … More ACTO: Fairness Should Not Be Sacrificed for Speed at the Landlord and Tenant Board
Re-posted from the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) blog. Check out ACTO’S latest blog post to find out what a Form N11 is and whether you should sign it by clicking HERE. This post gives general legal information. For legal advice for a specific situation please CONTACT KCLC.
Re-posted from ON THE RADAR, a publication of Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) Municipalities across Ontario have announced higher taxes and charges for 2024. Some landlords might want to increase rents because of this. But there are special rules they have to follow if a rental unit is covered by the rent guideline. For information check … More ON THE RADAR: Higher property taxes could mean higher rents
Re-posted from ON THE RADAR, a publication of Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) As 2024 approaches, tenants will start getting notices from their landlords for an annual rent increase. The rules about rent increases are complicated. To learn which rules apply to you, check out the October issue of CLEO’s ON THE RADAR by clicking HERE. This … More On The Radar: Rent Increases in 2024 and a Reminder about the Rules
Re-posted from ON THE RADAR, a publication of Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) Ontario’s Ombudsman recently reported on the “excruciatingly long delays” and severe backlogs at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). This included taking up to 2 years to schedule some tenant applications. In July, as a way to address this, the LTB began … More ON THE RADAR: Landlord and Tenant Board using case conferences to tackle backlog of tenant applications
Click HERE to read Steph Crozier’s article in the Kingston Whig Standard regarding a recent announcement from the Landlord & Tenant Board.
Check out Steph Crozier’s recent article in the Kingston Whig Standard where she interviews John Done about a recent case before the Landlord & Tenant Board. https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/tenant-wins-at-board-hearing This article gives general legal information. For legal advice for a specific situation please CONTACT KCLC.
Re-posted from Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario will be representing a number of tenants from across Ontario in their human rights applications before the HRTO against the Landlord and Tenant Board. We are asserting that the LTB’s Digital First policy has, in many cases, violated tenants rights under … More ACTO Asserts that the LTB’s Digital First Policy has Discriminated Against Ontarians
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