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  • Human Rights in BC Rentals: Who a Landlord Cannot RefuseRights & Legal
    BCArticle

    Human Rights in BC Rentals: Who a Landlord Cannot Refuse

    Section 10 of BC's Human Rights Code bars a landlord from refusing a tenant, or setting worse terms, because of 14 personal characteristics, including family status and lawful source of income. Here are the grounds, the narrow exceptions, and how complaints work.

    7 min read
  • Tenant Rights in BC: What Your Landlord Can't DoRights & Legal
    BCArticle

    Tenant Rights in BC: What Your Landlord Can't Do

    Entry without notice, guest fees, lockouts, cut-off services and other things a BC landlord cannot do under the Residential Tenancy Act, and what you can do about them.

    10 min read
  • Can You Screen a Tenant Using LTB Orders? What the Human Rights Code Actually AllowsScreening & Applications
    ONArticle

    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
  • Ottawa's Renoviction Bylaw: What Landlords Must Do Before January 1, 2027Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    Ottawa's Renoviction Bylaw: What Landlords Must Do Before January 1, 2027

    Ottawa city council passed its Rental Renovation Licence bylaw 21–5 on July 15, 2026, and it takes effect January 1, 2027: a municipal licence within 7 days of issuing an N13, a building permit secured before the notice goes out, and a city-produced tenant rights guide served alongside it. Here's what the bylaw actuall

    15 min read
  • The T2 Application: How Ontario Tenants Enforce Their RightsRights & Legal
    ONArticle

    The T2 Application: How Ontario Tenants Enforce Their Rights

    When a landlord enters without notice, harasses, changes the locks, or shuts off a vital service, the T2 is how an Ontario tenant fights back. This guide covers exactly what the T2 covers, the strict one-year deadline, the remedies you can ask for — rent abatement, compensation, an order to stop — and the mistakes that

    11 min read