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  • Maintenance & Repairs
    BCArticle

    Repairs and Maintenance in BC: The Landlord's Legal Duty

    Section 32 of BC's Residential Tenancy Act puts most repairs on the landlord. Here is what the duty covers, the tenant's share, how requests should work, and what the RTB can order.

    9 min read
  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    Mississauga's Renoviction Licence Starts September 1: What Landlords Need to Know

    From September 1, 2026, serving an N13 in Mississauga starts a second clock the province doesn't run: within seven days, the landlord must apply to the City for a Rental Repairs and Renovations Licence — and no work starts, and no tenant leaves, until both the building permit and the licence are in hand. Here's the mun

    12 min read
  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    The T6 Application: How Tenants Enforce Repairs at the LTB

    Your landlord's duty to repair is absolute — but it enforces itself exactly never. The T6 is the application that turns ignored repair requests into orders: rent abatements, deadlines, reimbursements, even a freeze on rent increases until the work is done. It costs $48, runs on a one-year clock, and lives or dies on da

    12 min read
  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    Property Standards Officers: How Ontario's Municipal Enforcement Actually Works

    When 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.

    9 min read
  • Taxes & Deductions
    ONArticle

    CRA Audits of Rental Income: What Triggers Them, and How to Stay Audit-Ready

    Real estate is the CRA's single biggest audit focus, and rental returns get looked at more than most. The good news: rental audits are predictable. They start from a short list of red flags — under-reported income, repeated losses, outsized repairs, mis-split mortgage interest, and over-claimed personal use — and almos

    9 min read
  • Rights & Legal
    ONArticle

    The N13 Notice in Ontario: Demolition, Conversion, and Major Repairs Explained

    The 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

    12 min read