Tenant Services:

Question: What tenant legal rights and duties in Ontario apply to things like rent increases, entry to your unit, eviction notices, and privacy, and who can help me respond quickly?

Answer: In Ontario, residential tenants generally have legal duties (like paying rent on time) and enforceable rights around rent changes, landlord entry, eviction steps, and protecting tenant privacy through the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and Landlord Tenant Board processes; if you need a paralegal to review your situation, identify the correct application and forms, and negotiate with your landlord or advocate at the Landlord Tenant Board when resolution is evasive, Forseti Legal Services can help you take practical next steps, including drafting and filing the right LTB paperwork and preparing for a hearing.   For urgent timelines, call (705) 806-7577 to book a consult and get clear guidance tailored to your facts in Ontario.

Legal Rights and Duties Affecting Residential Tenants

To a tenant, a rental dwelling is home. Of course, home means something unique to everyone and these special feelings are recognized. With this said, Forseti Legal Services also recognizes that impartial empathy is often necessary to remain focused upon the legal issues and to remain an objective advisor and negotiator. Forseti Legal Services helps tenants to resolve disputes by first reviewing the facts and issues and then by working to negotiate a resolution with the landlord. If resolution is evasive, Forseti Legal Services can prepare the required Landlord Tenant Board forms and advocate at Landlord Tenant Board hearings.

Learn About Various Tenant Legal Issues