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		Are You Covered by the Residential Tenancies Act? Social Housing The Residential Tenancies Act also applies to tenants living in social housing (sometimes called subsidized housing) except for rules about rent and rent increases. The law that determines the rules about rent for social housing is called the Social Housing Reform Act. Tenants living in social housing have the same rights and responsibilities as tenants in private market apartments including the legal right to clean, well-maintained and safe apartments. If you want more information about rent in social housing, click here. For the full text of the Social Housing Reform Act, click here. 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.