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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
  • The Human Rights Code and Rental Advertising: What Ontario Landlords Can't SayRights & Legal
    ONArticle

    The Human Rights Code and Rental Advertising: What Ontario Landlords Can't Say

    Rental ad discrimination rarely looks like discrimination — it looks like friendliness: "perfect for young professionals," "ideal for a quiet couple," "great family neighbourhood." Under Ontario's Human Rights Code, the ad is where compliance starts, and warmly-phrased tenant preferences are the same violation as blunt

    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
  • Tenant Screening in Ontario: What the Human Rights Code Actually Lets You AskRights & Legal
    ONArticle

    Tenant Screening in Ontario: What the Human Rights Code Actually Lets You Ask

    Most Ontario landlords screen on income first — three times the rent, or a 30% cut-off. The Human Rights Commission says that rule is illegal, and the regulation makes income the one tool you can't use on its own. Credit and rental history can stand alone. Income can't. Here's what you may actually ask.

    24 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