Multi-Tenant House Rules by Ontario City: When a Rental Becomes a Rooming House in 2026
Rent a five-bedroom house to five students on one joint lease and it's an ordinary rental. Rent the same house to the same five people on five separate room leases and it's a multi-tenant house needing a licence. Same house, same tenants — the lease structure decides. And the rules flip hard by city.
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