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| [[Category:Landlord Tenant]]
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| [[Category:Maintenance Obligations (LTB)]]
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| ==[https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17 Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17]==
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| 83 (1) Upon an application for an order evicting a tenant, the Board may, despite any other provision of this Act or the tenancy agreement,
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| ::(a) refuse to grant the application unless satisfied, having regard to all the circumstances, that it would be unfair to refuse; or
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| ::(b) order that the enforcement of the eviction order be postponed for a period of time.
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| :(2) If a hearing is held, the Board shall not grant the application unless it has reviewed the circumstances and considered whether or not it should exercise its powers under subsection (1).
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| :(3) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), <b><u>the Board shall refuse to grant the application where satisfied that</b></u>,
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| ::<b><u>(a) the landlord is in serious breach of the landlord’s responsibilities under this Act or of any material covenant in the tenancy agreement;</b></u>
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| ::<b><u>(b) the reason for the application being brought is that the tenant has complained to a governmental authority of the landlord’s violation of a law dealing with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards;</b></u>
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| ::(c) the reason for the application being brought is that the tenant has attempted to secure or enforce his or her legal rights;
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| ::(d) the reason for the application being brought is that the tenant is a member of a tenants’ association or is attempting to organize such an association; or
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| ::(e) the reason for the application being brought is that the rental unit is occupied by children and the occupation by the children does not constitute overcrowding.
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| :(4) The Board shall not issue an eviction order in a proceeding regarding termination of a tenancy for the purposes of residential occupation, demolition, conversion to non-residential rental use, renovations or repairs until the landlord has complied with section 48.1, 52, 54 or 55, as the case may be.
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| :(5) If a tenant has given a landlord notice under subsection 53 (2) and subsection 54 (2) applies, the Board shall not issue an eviction order in a proceeding regarding termination of the tenancy until the landlord has compensated the tenant in accordance with subsection 54 (2).
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