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- The landlord must provide electricity usage information for the rental unit over the last 12 months to prospective tenants, or from the date the meter or suite meter was installed up to the date the tenancy is entered into if it was installed less than 12 months ago.
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A landlord does not need a current tenant’s consent to install a suite meter. However, a landlord must get the tenant’s consent before the landlord can tell the suite meter provider to start billing the tenant directly for the electricity
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Jan 10, 2022 · The landlord must provide electricity usage information for the rental unit over the last 12 months to prospective tenants, or from the date the meter or suite meter was installed up to the date the tenancy is entered into if it was installed less than 12 months ago.
Dec 29, 2010 · A landlord does not need a current tenant’s consent to install a suite meter. However, a landlord must get the tenant’s consent before the landlord can tell the suite meter provider to start billing the tenant directly for the electricity costs for the tenant’s unit.
- T2 Application - Illegal Entry
- T2 Application - Altering The Locking System
- T2 Application - Withholding A Vital Service
- T2 Application - Substantial interference
- T2 Application - Harassment
- One Year Limitation Period For Filing T2 Application
- T2 Application - Remedies
- Factors Affecting The Calculation of The Rent Abatement
- Duration of Rent Abatement
Section 25 says that landlord can only enter a rental unit in accordance with sections 26 or 27. Sections 26 and 27 contain rules about when a landlord can enter a rental unit. The landlord can enter a rental unit at any time without written notice if: 1. There is an emergency. See for example: SOT-69391-16 (Re), 2016 CanLII 44356 (ON LTB); TST-795...
Section 24 prohibits a landlord from altering the locking system on a door giving entry to a rental unit or residential complex or causing the locking system to be altered during the tenant's occupancy of the rental unit without giving the tenant replacement keys. See for example: SWT-97686-16 (Re), 2017 CanLII 28777 (ON LTB), TNT-88669-16 (Re), 20...
Under section 21, the landlord is not allowed to withhold or deliberately interfere with the reasonable supply of any vital service, care service or meal that the landlord is required to supply to the tenant. If the supply of a vital service, care service or meal is stopped because the landlord does not pay the supplier, the landlord is held respon...
Section 22 states that a landlord shall not at any time during a tenant's occupancy of a rental unit substantially interfere with the reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit or the residential complex for all usual purposes by a tenant or the tenant's household. Under section 29(1)3, the landlord is also responsible for the conduct of a superintend...
Section 23 states that a landlord shall not harass, obstruct, coerce, threaten or interfere with a tenant. Those terms are not defined in the RTA. The Ontario Human Rights Codedefines "harassment" as: This or similar definitions of harassment are often relied upon in LTB orders. See for example: TST-55077-14 (Re), 2015 CanLII 75420 (ON LTB), SWT-89...
Most T2 applications must be made by a tenant or former tenant within one year of the date the alleged breach occurred. When determining whether an application has been made in time under subsection 29(2), the LTB will have to determine when the alleged breach occurred. When a breach is a single event such as an illegal entry, then the limitation p...
If the LTB determines that the landlord, superintendent or agent has violated the rights of the tenant under subsection 29(1), the LTB may order any one or more of the remedies mentioned in subsection 31(1). These include: 1. ordering the landlord, superintendent or agent not to engage in any of those actions against any of the tenants in the compl...
Factors that may be relevant to the determination of the appropriate rent abatement include, but are not limited to: 1. The impact of the breach upon the tenant and the tenant's household, 2. The frequency or duration of the actions or events, 3. The landlord's intentions in doing the action complained of by the tenant, 4. Whether the landlord has ...
In general, the duration of the rent abatement corresponds to the period of time that the breach occurred. However, if the breach is a single event, such as an illegal entry, the length of the breach may not be as relevant. The one year limitation period in subsection 29(2) also affects the maximum duration of any rent abatement. If the application...
The following rules apply with respect to the notice that a landlord is required by clause 137 (2) (c) of the Act to provide to a tenant in connection with the interruption of the supply of electricity to a rental unit when a suite meter is installed:
If you do not agree, the landlord will continue to be responsible for providing and paying for your electricity. If you do agree, your landlord must: Get your consent in writing using the Landlord and Tenant Board’s (LTB) approved form titled Tenant Agreement to Pay Directly for Electricity.
Sep 12, 2011 · The new Suite Meter rules which went into effect in Ontario on January 1, 2011 provide an opportunity for landlords to install individual meters in rental units and have tenants pay for electricity directly from the utility.
