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    ONArticle

    What You Can and Can't Ask a Rental Applicant in Ontario

    Every rental application is a list of questions, and Ontario law has an opinion about all of them: five things are expressly authorized (income, consented credit checks, references, rental history, guarantees — weighed together, never income alone), the Human Rights Code's protected grounds are flatly off-limits, and a

    10 min read
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    Can You Screen a Tenant Using LTB Orders? What the Human Rights Code Actually Allows

    LTB orders became public data on July 24, 2026, and the screening question became live the same day: can a landlord look up a prospective tenant's Board history — and act on it? The honest answer has two halves: no law forbids reading a public order, and the Human Rights Code governs every rental decision exactly as it

    14 min read
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    Tenant Application Red Flags: What Ontario Landlords Should Watch For

    A clean-looking application can still hide trouble. This guide walks Ontario landlords through the real red flags on a rental application — refusal to consent, inconsistent details, references that don't check out, gaps in rental history — and, just as importantly, how to act on them lawfully without crossing into Huma

    12 min read