As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, Tribunals Ontario is deferring the upcoming application fee increases for the Assessment Review Board (ARB), Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), and Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT). The six per cent application fee increases for the ARB, LTB and LAT, which were scheduled to increase on April 1, 2020, will… Continue Reading TO: News Release
Tribunals Ontario Fee Increases Deferred to July 1, 2020
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As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, Tribunals Ontario is taking action to safeguard the health and well-being of all Ontarians, while continuing to ensure access to justice. The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) has reviewed the appropriate approach to conducting hearings and until further notice the LTB is suspending: All hearings related to eviction… Continue Reading LTB: News Release
Landlord and Tenant Board Suspends Issuing New Eviction Orders
Landlord and Tenant Board Suspends Issuing New Eviction Orders
As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, Tribunals Ontario is taking action to safeguard the health and well-being of front-line workers and Ontarians, while continuing to ensure access to justice. Effective today, Tribunals Ontario is implementing a new policy to postpone in-person hearings and reschedule to a later date. Where feasible, alternative hearing options such… Continue Reading TO: News Release
Tribunals Ontario’s New Policy for Hearings
Tribunals Ontario’s New Policy for Hearings
Effective April 1, 2020, application fees are increasing by six per cent for the Assessment Review Board (ARB), the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) and the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT). The increase in fees is necessary to fulfil Tribunals Ontario’s commitment to offset the cost of providing fair, impartial, and high-quality adjudication to Ontarians who… Continue Reading TO: News Release
Tribunals Ontario Fee Increases
Tribunals Ontario Fee Increases
The Tribunals Ontario Mediation and Hearing Centre at 15 Grosvenor St, Toronto, opened its doors to the public for the first time on Monday, July 29. The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) Toronto South office is now holding hearings and offering counter service on the first floor at the new location. The office at 79… Continue Reading LTB: News Release
Toronto South Moves to Tribunals Ontario Mediation and Hearing Centre
Toronto South Moves to Tribunals Ontario Mediation and Hearing Centre
The Ontario government has announced that the annual Rent Increase Guideline, the maximum percentage by which a landlord can increase the rent for residential tenants without approval from the Landlord and Tenant Board, will be 2.2% for 2020. For more information, please refer to the Rent Increase Guideline and the 2020 Rent Increase Guideline brochure.… Continue Reading LTB: News Release
2020 Rent Increase Guideline
2020 Rent Increase Guideline
The Landlord and Tenant Board Form L4: Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant – Tenant Failed to Meet Conditions of a Settlement or Order has been updated. There is now only one version of the form. Landlords who are applying to end a tenancy based on a breach of a mediated agreement… Continue Reading LTB: News Release
Revised Forms L4 and C4 Now Available
Revised Forms L4 and C4 Now Available
Rental units first occupied for residential purposes after November 15, 2018 are now exempt from the rules that limit rent increases to the guideline amount (See section 6.1 of the Residential Tenancies Act). The exemption applies to rental units in new buildings, new mobile home parks and land lease communities, as well as additions to… Continue Reading LTB: News Release
Rent control changes to the Residential Tenancies Act
Rent control changes to the Residential Tenancies Act
Due to clerical error, the revised Landlord Tenant Board (LTB) Rules of Procedure released on December 15, 2018 failed to include a rule permitting a landlord to serve a tenant with a notice of entry by posting in on the door of the rental unit. To correct this error, new Rule 3.2 has been added… Continue Reading LTB: News Release
Correction to Rules of Procedure
Correction to Rules of Procedure
The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) Practice Advisory Committee has two vacancies among the six members who regularly represent parties before the LTB. The vacancies are for one committee member who primarily represents landlords and one committee member who primarily represents tenants. The Committee is looking for people who are familiar with LTB procedures and… Continue Reading LTB: News Release
Vacancies – Practice Advisory Committee
Vacancies – Practice Advisory Committee