Manual

THE FEDERATION OF METRO TENANTS' ASSOCIATIONS		Tenant Survival Manual
Chapters Introduction The Residential Tenancies Act Landlord and Tenant Board Are You Covered by the Law? Private Market Housing Social Housing Before You Move In Tenancy Agreements Discrimination Information Package Last Month's Rent Key Deposit Illegal Charges Rent Rent Increases Above Guideline Rent Increases Rent Reductions Automatic Rent Reductions Rent Freezes Trouble Paying Your Rent? Rent in Social Housing Repairs and Maintenance How to Get Repairs Done Working Together Privacy Locks and Keys Harassment Ending a Tenancy Subletting Assigning Evictions Eviction Procedure Reasons for Eviction Conversion, Demolition or Renovation How To File an Application Hearings About the FMTA		Before You Move In You should always make sure to look at an apartment before you agree to rent it. Don’t just look at a ‘model suite’ or a ‘typical apartment’ in the building. Check that all the appliances work and look for common problems like holes in the walls, leaky faucets and pests. These types of problems might be a sign of a property owner’s poor response to maintenance and repair issues. To find out if there are outstanding property standards violations on your building, you can look at the City of Toronto’s Apartment Standards website. Outstanding work orders are an indication that a property owner is not addressing repair and maintenance issues. We are currently testing this online version of the Tenant Survival Manual: If you notice something that needs to be clarified; if you want more information on a particular subject; or if you simply would like to comment on the Tenant Survival Manual, please click here to send us an email.