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  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    Ontario's New Persistent Late Payment Test: The 3-in-6 Rule and the Other 7-Day Clock

    On September 21, 2026, "persistent late payment" stops being a judgment call and becomes a statutory test: under O. Reg. 516/06, rent counts as late only if it's unpaid more than seven days after the due date, and a tenant is persistently late after at least three late payments within any six-month period — a floor, no

    12 min read
  • Maintenance & Repairs
    ONArticle

    Vital Services in Ontario: Heat, Water, and What a Landlord Can Never Cut Off

    Heat, water, electricity, gas — these are "vital services" in Ontario, and a landlord can't withhold or deliberately interfere with them, ever. Not for unpaid rent, not for a damaged unit, not until an eviction is actually enforced. There's a minimum heat standard (and stricter city bylaws), a rule that makes the landl

    9 min read