Tenant Advocacy: Services for Landlord-Tenant Board Matters

Question: What are my basic rights and duties as a residential tenant in Ontario?

Answer: In Ontario, tenants generally have duties to pay rent on time, keep the unit reasonably clean, and avoid damaging the property, while having rights to vital maintenance, reasonable enjoyment, and proper notice rules for entry and eviction under Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, SO 2006, c 17.  For non-legal information and practical help with forms, negotiation, and Landlord and Tenant Board process support in Ontario’s Legal Profession Ecosystem, contact Success.Legal™.

Legal Rights and Duties Affecting Residential Tenants

To a tenant, a rental dwelling is home. Of course, home means something unique to everyone and these special feelings are recognized. With this said, Success.Legal™ also recognizes that impartial empathy is often necessary to remain focused upon the legal issues and to remain an objective advisor and negotiator. Success.Legal™ helps tenants to resolve disputes by first reviewing the facts and issues and then by working to negotiate a resolution with the landlord. If resolution is evasive, Success.Legal™ can prepare the required Landlord Tenant Board forms and advocate at Landlord Tenant Board hearings.