Check out these resources to learn more about your rights and responsibilities as a tenant if you rent your home. I hope that you find this list helpful, but if you are looking for more assistance and would like to speak to someone from my office, you can call 416-535-3158 or email my office at [email protected].
Landlord and Tenant Board
The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) is a tribunal board that hears cases brought forward from either a tenant or a landlord. Examples of cases include notice of evictions, non-payment of rent, maintenance and repair, and above guideline increases.
To access the main page, click here.
Learn more information about renting in Ontario.
Learn more about how to navigate the LTB.
Local Legal Clinics
If you are in Davenport north of Bloor, your local legal clinic is likely West Toronto Community Legal Services: 416-531-7376
If you are in Davenport south of Bloor, your local legal clinic is likely Parkdale Community Legal Services: 416-531-2411
Federation of Metro Tenants Associations’ tenant hotline:
If you need information on your rights as a tenant, you can call the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations’ Tenant Hotline. While they cannot offer advice they can answer specific questions about your rights or options under the law.
Tenant Hotline - 416-921-9494
Steps to Justice:
Steps to Justice has pages of legal information that can answer important questions around housing law. These include what to do if you have been unable to pay your rent, how you can respond if your landlord is threatening to evict you or lock you out, what to do if your landlord offers you a repayment agreement, and more.
Call the Centre for Legal Education Ontario - 416-408-4420
Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario
The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) has a number of in-depth “tip sheets” on a range of topics related to tenants. To download their "Tenant Protection and Rent Regulation Factsheet", click here.
ACTO also provides free Duty Counsel services if you received a Notice of Hearing from the LTB. Sign up here to receive a call back from Tenant Duty Counsel before your hearing.
RenovictionsTO
Renovictions TO is a Community-Generated resource that tracks AGIs, own use evictions, and renovictions across Toronto. Especially if you live in a larger building, or your landlord is a bigger corporation, this can be a useful resource to learn more about your landlord, and learn about what landlords are doing in your neighbourhood in general. They also rely on community input and information, and so if you have information about a rent-increase or eviction, you can share information to help others who rent across the city.