Small Matters

Notices:
The most common issue I see on a regular basis is notices that have errors in them. Navigating the Landlord and Tenant Board is not as simple as it may seem. Errors on your notices are FATAL. This means that after many months of waiting for a hearing, you may find that the Board Membe...

Termination notices are not the only way to collect your rent. Notices provided to tenants all have one thing in common, the ability to terminate the tenancy either by the landlord or by the tenant moving by the termination date. There are ways to collect money owing without triggering a possible...

BE COMPASSIONATE
BE UNDERSTANDING
BE REASONABLE

More than ever, we need to remember the above statements and practice them everyday.

COMMUNICATION is the key for both Landlords and Tenants. Landlords should reach out to their tenants and ask how they are doing and if there is anything that the...

COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION

Covid-19 is rapidly changing how we may do things for the next little while. Below are recent questions I have received that landlords may face in the short term.

1. Rent – It is still due; it is still the tenant’s respons...

Increase to the monetary jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court effective January 1, 2020 will be $35,000.00. The jurisdiction of the Landlord and Tenant Board will also increase to $35,000.00.

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