Tenant Services:

Question: What legal rights and duties apply to residential tenants in Ontario when a landlord tries to end the tenancy or change the terms of the lease?

Answer: In Ontario, residential tenants’ key legal rights and duties generally flow from the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and related Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) processes, including limits on when and how a landlord can terminate a tenancy (such as through specific notice pathways), rules about rent changes and lease terms, required landlord conduct during the tenancy, and tenant obligations like paying rent on time and allowing lawful entry.   If you are facing an eviction, an unlawful rent change, or another dispute about your lease or the landlord’s actions, Hall Paralegal Services can help by reviewing your facts, identifying the applicable LTB forms, and working to negotiate with the landlord or advocate at an LTB hearing if needed.   Call (519) 258-2400 to book a free 1/2 hour consultation and get clear next steps in plain language.

Legal Rights and Duties Affecting Residential Tenants

Your home is where your heart is and where your most special memories are made. Of course, home always means something uniquely special to everyone. Hall Paralegal Services recognizes the importance of your home while also appreciating that a legal services provider must maintain impartial empathy and remain focused as an objective advisor and negotiator. Hall Paralegal Services helps tenants to resolve disputes by first reviewing the facts and issues and then by working to negotiate a resolution with the landlord. If resolution is evasive, Hall Paralegal Services can prepare the required Landlord Tenant Board forms and advocate at Landlord Tenant Board hearings.

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