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Procedure at the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board @LandlordU

I believe that the landlords should work hard to avoid Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board. Although not intended to be unfair to landlords, it does provide protection to Ontario tenants. The procedure is costly and dangerous. Although landlord lawyers at Landlordrelief will assist you with tenant eviction, we work hard to avoid this necessity.

In order to avoid the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board, Ontario landlords should:

1. Be careful in how they select residential tenants.

2. Treat their residential tenants with respect and dignity.

3. Respect their properties so that the tenants will respect the properties.

4. Work WITH tenants to end difficult tenancies, rather than work AGAINST tenants in an adversarial proceeding.

Notwithstanding this advice, I came across three posts from Ontario Justice Education Network that helps people (both Ontario landlords and tenants) prepare themselves for a landlord and tenant hearing.

Here they are: