Comments on: Problem Tenants In Ontario

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:35:46 +0000

I have 3 rental properties and have taken a renter to court and won i guess i got luckey. Right now i can’t get a renter out of the house they get money from the government and tell me they dont have any money for food when you can tell that they do DRUGS and alot of them even the neighbour tells me that they do hard drugs all the time they also have 3 young kids in the house and this is what are tax money goes to so 2 adults can sit at home and do drugs and not pay rent while there kids watch and probably 2 out of the 3 will follow in there footsteps LOL. I have given up and i am just filing paper work, they also left 3000 pounds of garbage in front of the house and i almost got a $ 25 000 fine from the city. I removed it. The court system is a joke nobody wants to help at all so i have to take matters into my own hands. I took all the garbage and put it behind his car so he could not get out, with out moveing it i also took all doors off of the back fence and put it under the garbage so he cant let his dogs out of the house ( he will take his time put the door back up and i will take it off agian ) i will remove all windows as i am going to change them all and take my time also you can go in to the house everyday as long as you are showing the house to a potential renter or buyer ( the judge will propbably not like this) If you are scared of the law you will loose the only way to win is to sink as low as them ( I might have to take a charge or 2 but forget the system its a joke they will probably just slap me on the wrist ) if you have any more tricks let me know thanks

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:39:32 +0000

We have a tenant nightmare. We let a tenant to rental possession of dwelling on Nov 1,2011. We did reference checks and things seemed to pan out. He has a young family, with child under 5yrs. In nine days the police raided the place as tenant was under surveillance for drug trafficking, possession, and production. We also come to find out that there may have been firearms on the premises. We also have other existing tenants traumatized from the event. Now this guy wants his last month rent, after all the substative damage he caused. We also come to find out that he was subletting at least 2 more rooms in the dwelling. We had checked the place regularly to see that everything was ok and it was. Now so many things destroyed and we have to pay for the repairs. We’re also scared that this seemingly nice person will retaliate as we will not give the security deposit back. The cost of damage will be 3X as much! We served a form N6. We will be filing a claim to evict as this guy says he will move out, then changes the dates. This is a nightmare. Any suggestions? To note: we have called for police protection to oversee the move and we are told to only call if anything happens. By that time we may be dead!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:16:29 +0000

There are by-laws against noise/disturbances, so your landlord, or you yourself can call the police to drop by, and the officer will ticket the noisy neighbour, if they are breaking the law.

If your neighbour is falsely accusing you about something, you should be able to clear it up easily with your landlord directly.

By: Misty

Misty — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:40:45 +0000

I complained about a tenant in the building I am in.. They knew it was I who complained .. Now they are making false accusations about me … What can my landlord do about that? also the noise is still going on..

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By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:55:59 +0000

While there are definitely bad landlords out there, many of the landlord tenancy laws tend to work in favor of the tenant, especially in Ontario. If there are bad landlords out there (and we all know there are), they need to be pointed out and they need to get their actions corrected as it makes it harder for all the good landlords.

Bill

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:44:36 +0000

Hank, sorry for your problems.

You could have called the many powerful tenant activist groups and received free legal advice to deal with your situations. A landlord facing a similar situation is on his own.

Both sides could have crappy people…just one side the system makes it easier to continue to be crappy.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:17:58 +0000

Hank, I think a lot of the problem with the lack of understanding on both sides is that the legislation in Ontario is excessively burdensome and very biased in favour of tenants, at the expense of legitimate landlords.

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:38:44 +0000

A biased opinion is not worth the paper it is written on. There are as many problematic landlords in Ontario. Many of them have no idea what their responsibilities and obligations are to their tenants. Most landlords have not accessed, researched and made themselves aware of the LTB material not only available; but required of the landlord to be knowledgeable and versed in to deal with their tenants properly. I’ve rented [3] times in Sudbury, ON and the illegalities under the LTB Act that the landlords have permitted themselves and other tenants to do is unconscionable. I have found all [3] landlords quite capable of lying, cheating, being indifferent to their responsiblities and obligations, quite accepting/permitting/supportive of illegal activities in their buildings. All [3] landlords have regularly and consistently used methods of harassment and support the efforts of their other tenants in concert with themselves to “poison the environment”