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  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    Ontario's 50% Arrears Rule: The New Price of Raising Issues at a Non-Payment Hearing

    From September 21, 2026, the L1 non-payment hearing changes shape: a tenant who wants to raise section 82 issues — maintenance, illegal entry, harassment — inside the arrears case must first pay at least 50% of the arrears claimed, at least seven days before the hearing, with advance notice of the issues. The right to

    11 min read
  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    The LTB Backlog: Real Wait Times, Root Causes, and How to Protect Your Case

    Every guide in this series ends the same way: "…and then you wait." This one measures the wait. Arrears cases now schedule in about three months; most other applications take five to seven; some tenant applications have taken years. How Ontario's busiest tribunal fell from 32-day orders to a 53,000-case backlog, what t

    12 min read
  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    The 7-Day N4: What Ontario's Faster Non-Payment Notice Really Changes

    On September 21, 2026, the N4's waiting period drops from 14 days to 7 for monthly tenancies — the most-felt change in the entire Bill 60 package. Here's what the week actually is (a payment window, not an eviction countdown), everything that doesn't change, the 50%-arrears defence rule arriving with it, and the transi

    12 min read
  • News & Policy Updates
    ONArticle

    Ontario's New Rent Repayment Agreement Rules (July 2026): The Mandatory LTB Form Explained

    As of July 1, 2026, a rent-arrears repayment agreement filed with the Landlord and Tenant Board must use the Board's official form — no more handwritten deals on the back of an envelope. Here's how the new s.206 rule works: what the mandatory form covers, the section 78 clause that lets a landlord skip a new eviction n

    10 min read