As of January 2012 you can attempt to recover up to $700 in costs at the LTB: Guideline #3 Costs Subsection 204(2) of the RTA gives the Board the discretion to order one party to pay another party`s costs. 27.2 Pursuant to subsection 204(2) of the RTA, the Board may order a party to an...

Yes, you now have options. It's new and it's being worked out with the tenant activists pushing hard for it to be used against landlords more than it will be used by landlords against tenants. Email me at stlandlord1960@mail.com

All tenants receive free legal aid. Nice marketing slogan though. You fell for it. Yes, there are legal representatives out there who will do the job for you for approx. $1000 if you shop around. If you are going to be in the business long term in Ontario you need to make learning the RTA...

I don't mean to scare you but you face some real potential issues at the Board with this situation. In Ontario you have a legal "duty to accommodate." You wrote your tenant has a known mental health issue. This means your tenant is one of the 'protected' groups under the Ontario Human Rights...

The vast majority of landlords are actually mom and pop businesses not REIN investors. These are the types of owners that you will typically find on the Ontario Landlord forums that are struggling to break even on there properties. In addition most are working regular day to day jobs without...

More landlord licensing. Longer eviction process. More false tenant applications against landlords paid for by our tax money (Legal Aid lawyers will take the tenants side). If you want to know more email me at stlandlord1960@mail.com

There is a clear choice in Ontario. While the Liberals want more "tenant rights", more free legal aid lawyers free to (all) tenants to fight landlords, to cap rent increases, landlord licensing, more taxes, more debt, more welfare, more union pay increases... The PCs want a freeze on...

Spinning a cap of 2.5% (no matter what the real inflation rate) as something positive is silly. The Ontario Liberals are using the 2012 3.1% as "justification" for the cap. They neglect to mention the 2011 increase is only 0.7% Ontario Liberals are left-wingers, taking lots of NDP...