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

Subletting a Tenancy

Subletting means that you find someone to live in your unit while you are away for a specific period of time. When you sublet your apartment, your name is still on the lease, which means that you are still responsible if the rent doesn’t get paid or if the person living in your unit breaks something.

You must first ask your property owner for permission to sublet. Put your request in writing, and keep a copy of the letter for yourself.

If the property manager or owner says no to your request to sublet, or does not respond to your request, you can apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board. The Board can:

ü      approve the sublet or approve a sublet to a different person;

ü      end the tenancy; or,

ü      refund some or all of your rent

If the property owner says yes to your request to sublet, you must then find someone to sublet your unit. For more information on subletting, see Sections 97, 98 and 99 of the RTA.