Rental: Landlord
租赁·房东：租客筛选、RTA / N4 / N12、押金、驱逐、自主管理。 Tenant screening, RTA / N4 / N12, deposits, evictions, self-managing rentals.
Toronto Tenant Support Program: Who the City Pays to Help With AGIs and Evictions
Who the City of Toronto pays to help tenants: the five Toronto Tenant Support Program projects funded through March 31, 2028, what each agency is required to do, what the program does not promise, and what an above-guideline increase application or an eviction notice legally is under Ontario’s Residential Tenancies Act.
When the Condo Corporation, Not Your Landlord, Wants Into Your Rental Unit
A tenant's reading of Section 19 of Ontario's Condominium Act, 1998, one phrase at a time: reasonable notice, who may enter, at what time, for what purpose, and what the section never mentions. Then how the landlord's RTA entry rules sit beside it, and the path the Act lays out if access is refused.
Internet Included in the Rent: Can an Ontario Landlord Cut It, and What Can Tenants Claim?
“Wi-Fi included” on an Ontario rental makes internet part of what the rent buys. Four ways it can stop, how the LTB prices each one on a T3, and why a separate internet fee is not a simple fix.
Listing Your Rental With an Agent: The Six Blanks That Decide What You Pay in Ontario
A blank-by-blank read of the Ontario listing agreement for lease: expiry date and initials, total and co-operating commission, holdover days, the renewal and tenant-purchase commissions, Form 210 vs Form 272, and what Form 214 keeps alive if you cancel.
Screening Tenants in Ontario: What a Landlord Can Ask For, Use, and Must Leave Alone
A landlord’s guide to Ontario tenant screening: why income can’t be judged alone under O. Reg. 290/98, why SIN is optional, what the Consumer Reporting Act notice requires, how big a rent deposit can be, and what to do with applications you turn down.
The Spousal Consent Block on an Ontario Agreement to Lease: What It Does, and What the Family Law Act Actually Says
Reading a signed Agreement to Lease with the Spousal Consent lines left blank? Landlord or tenant, here is what that blank means for you: the Form 400 clause 20 warranty that stands in its place, why the Family Law Act talks about “dispose of or encumber” and never says “lease”, when a property counts as a matrimonial home, and the set-aside rule that turns on what the tenant knew.
Changing an Ontario Lease After Signing: What the Landlord, the Tenant, and Both Together Can Actually Change
Once an Ontario residential lease is signed, who can change what? A role-by-role grid: what the landlord can do alone, what the tenant can do alone, what needs both signatures in writing under section 16 of the standard lease, and what the Residential Tenancies Act voids even when everyone agrees.
Ontario Standard Lease Section 15: Reading an “Additional Terms” Attachment Before You Sign
About to sign an Ontario lease with a typed Additional Terms page? How to read it in five minutes: which layer wins when terms collide, the clauses the form itself calls void, the one default Section 15 can switch off, and what a tenant can do if a void term slipped through.
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