GeneralThe Half-Month Cap: How Much Deposit a BC Landlord Can Collect
BC caps security and pet damage deposits at half of the first month's rent each. Here are the numbers, the exemptions and what happens if you collect too much.
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Rights & LegalCan You Ask for First and Last Month's Rent in Ontario?
Yes — and almost everything attached to that yes is where landlords get into trouble and tenants overpay. First month's rent is just rent; last month's is Ontario's only legal deposit, capped at one rental period, earning interest every year at that year's guideline rate. Damage, security, cleaning, and pet deposits ar
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