A Guide to Tenant Applications

Overview

The following is a summary of the tenant applications

Application Type(s)

(T1) Tenant Application for a Rebate

You can use this application to have the Landlord and Tenant Board (the LTB) determine whether your landlord collected money from you that they should not have collected or failed to pay you the money they owe you. There are eight reasons for making this application. You can file this application if your landlord:

• Charged you illegal rent, which you have paid
• Collected an illegal charge, which you have paid to your landlord, your landlord’s agent, or the superintendent.
• Did not use the last month’s rent deposit to pay for the last rental period of the tenancy and did not return the deposit to you.
• Entered into a tenancy agreement with you but the landlord did not allow you to move into the rental unit and did not return the money you paid as a deposit.
• Owes you interest on the last month’s rent deposit.
• Gave you one of the following notices to end your tenancy and did not pay you compensation by the termination date on the notice:
  • An N12 Notice to End your Tenancy Because the Landlord, a Purchaser, or Family Member Requires the Rental Unit; or
  • An N13 Notice to End Your Tenancy Because the Landlord wants to Demolish the Rental Unit, Repair it, or Convert it to Another Use.
• Sold your personal property and did not pay you the proceeds from the sale.
• Did not give you the required notice telling you that there was an Order Prohibiting a Rent Increase affecting your rental unit.

Applicable Statutory References

• Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17
  • 134 (1), (a), (b), and (c)

(T2) Application about Tenant Rights

You can use this application to apply to have the Landlord and Tenant Board (the LTB) determine whether the landlord, the landlord’s agent or the superintendent:

• entered your rental unit illegally,
• changed the locking system without giving you replacement keys,
• seriously interfered with the reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit or the complex by you or a member of your household,
• withheld or interfered with vital services, care services, or meals,
• harassed, interfered with, obstructed, coerced, or threatened you.
• did not give you 72 hours to get your property after the Sheriff evicted you or, the landlord sold, kept, or disposed of your property during this 72-hour period.
• did not give you a written copy of your tenancy agreement for your care home or, the tenancy agreement did not include information about the care services and meals and/or the charges that you and the landlord agreed to.

Applicable Statutory References

• Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17
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