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Maintenance & RepairsHot water is a vital service under Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act. Here are the temperature rules, who repairs the water heater, and what tenants can do if hot water is not restored.
Maintenance & RepairsAlberta law puts weathertight, crack-free rental windows on the landlord. Here is what the minimum housing standards require, who pays when a window breaks, and what tenants can do when repairs are ignored.
Maintenance & RepairsWhat the BC Building Code 2024 says about window guards, 100 mm limiters and bedroom escape windows, and what landlords and tenants should do in a rental.
Safety & Scam PreventionSmoke and CO alarm duties under Ontario's Fire Code, and what happens after a fire: repairs, frustration, rent, moving back, entry, tenant-caused damage and insurance.
Maintenance & RepairsHow to replace windows while a tenant lives in a BC rental: written entry notice, scheduling the work, quiet enjoyment and when tenants are compensated.
Maintenance & RepairsWho fixes a drafty, cracked or broken window in a BC rental, what section 32 of the Residential Tenancy Act requires, and how tenants get a repair through the RTB.
Maintenance & RepairsCondensation and mould on rental windows: what tenants must clean, what landlords must repair, and how BC's Residential Tenancy Branch sorts out the cause.
GeneralWhen new windows can support an additional rent increase in BC: the Residential Tenancy Regulation tests, what is excluded, the 3% cap and what tenants can do.
Rights & LegalOntario's biggest tenancy-law overhaul in a generation arrived in two waves. On July 1, 2026, the quiet procedural wave took effect: review deadlines cut to 15 days, the LTB's Payment Agreement Form mandatory for repayment plans, directed service of above-guideline increase orders tightened to 7 days, tenants' new righ
Rights & LegalEvery property management relationship is decided twice — once in the service agreement, and once in the thirty days after it's signed. Onboarding a new owner client is where the custody inventory arrives, the lease files get audited, the deposits get reconciled, the tenants get one calm letter, and the working rhythm
Rights & LegalA housing co-op looks like a rental building and runs like a small democracy: members instead of tenants, occupancy charges instead of rent, by-laws instead of a lease, and a board — not a landlord — in charge. For property managers, that changes the client, the money, and the eviction machinery entirely: the Co-operat
Rights & LegalEvery LTB journey follows the same road: a notice, an application on the Tribunals Ontario Portal, a queue, a fork at mediation, a hearing, an order — and sometimes the Sheriff. This pillar guide maps the entire process end to end for landlords, tenants, and property managers: which notice starts which application, wha
Rights & LegalAn LTB eviction order is not possession — only the Sheriff can enforce it, and the Sheriff has a queue of their own. This guide covers the whole after-the-order world for landlords and tenants: the filing package and the six-month deadline, the fees and the regional wait, the Notice to Vacate, what actually happens on
Rights & LegalIn Ontario, a lease that ends doesn't end anything — it converts. So "renewal" is really a strategy question: stay month-to-month or sign a new fixed term? The answer is different for landlords (retention economics, flexibility), tenants (no-fault eviction protection, leverage you didn't know you had), and property man
Rights & LegalOntario's right of first refusal used to fail at the follow-through: tenants left, renovations dragged, and nobody wrote. The new rules change the physics — missed updates or a skipped 60-day window are now deemed a denial of the right itself. Here's the complete lifecycle: the letter before you leave, the notices the
Rights & LegalOntario's renoviction rules now run on paperwork: a qualified professional's report, building permits, written timeline estimates, update obligations, a completion notice, and a 60-day window for the tenant to come back. Here's the full document trail — what landlords must produce, what tenants can demand, and where mu
Rights & LegalWhen a landlord won't fix a serious problem, tenants have a route many don't know about: the municipal property standards officer. These bylaw inspectors can order repairs, set deadlines, and even bill the landlord for work the city does itself — and their orders are powerful evidence at the Landlord and Tenant Board.
Maintenance & RepairsIn Ontario, keeping a rental in good repair isn't optional or negotiable — it's a legal duty that a landlord can't sign away, and that applies even if the tenant knew about the problem before moving in. This is the complete guide to maintenance standards under the RTA: what "good state of repair and fit for habitation"
Moving & SettlingOntario doesn't legally require a move-in or move-out inspection — but skipping one is how landlords lose damage claims and tenants lose deposits. Because Ontario bans damage deposits, an inspection report isn't a deduction tool; it's your evidence at the Landlord and Tenant Board. Here's how to document a rental prope
News & Policy UpdatesAs of July 1, 2026, Ontario tenants have an explicit right to install a window or portable air conditioner — even when the landlord doesn't provide cooling. But the right comes with conditions: written notice first, a safe install, and a seasonal electricity charge the landlord can add in a way that breaks all the usua
Screening & ApplicationsNo pay stub doesn't mean no proof. Self-employed applicants — freelancers, contractors, gig workers, small-business owners — are a fast-growing share of Ontario renters, and screening them out for lacking a T4 is both bad business and a legal risk. This guide shows landlords which documents actually verify self-employe
Screening & ApplicationsScreening the right tenant is the single best way to avoid problems later — but in Ontario you have to do it within strict Human Rights Code limits. This complete guide walks landlords and property managers through a legal, effective screening process: applications, credit and reference checks, income verification, wha
Rights & LegalThe N13 is the notice an Ontario landlord uses to end a tenancy to demolish, convert, or do major repairs that need the unit empty. This guide walks through the three grounds, the 120-day notice rules, the compensation and right-to-return, and exactly how the process works — for both landlords serving one and tenants w
Rights & Legal"Renoviction" is when a landlord uses renovations to end a tenancy — sometimes legitimately, sometimes not. This complete guide explains how the N13 process actually works, the compensation and right-to-return rules, the new licensing crackdown under Bill 60/97, and how both landlords and tenants can stay on the right
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