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My lease is about to end! What do I do?

Some of the laws that apply before and when a lease ends are set out below: If a lease ends and the tenant remains in the property with the permission of the landlord, the parties are deemed to have entered into a lease on the ...

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Refunding a tenant’s deposit

A landlord must invest a tenant’s deposit in an interest-bearing account with a financial institution. The tenant may during the period of the lease request the landlord to provide him with written proof of interest on such ...

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Tenants’ deposits

A landlord must invest a tenant’s deposit in an interest-bearing account with a financial institution. The tenant may during the period of the lease request the landlord to provide him with written proof of interest on such ...

Tenants have the Rental Housing Tribunal on their side
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Tenants have the Rental Housing Tribunal on their side

While tenants may not all be the shining stars landlords wish for, they have legal recourse in exercising their rights outside the courts, through the Rental Housing Tribunal (RHT). To contact ...

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Onus on landlords in eviction cases

Buy-to-rent property, although slow due to the economic downturn, has lost none of its appeal for investors. But those who go this route have to familiarise themselves with a body of legislation that has grown up to protect both ...

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The problem with snag lists

One of the_ most common problems_ experienced by landlords and tenants generally doesn’t take place while the property is being leased. More often than not, the biggest disputes occur once ...

The landlord, the tenant and the CPA
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The landlord, the tenant and the CPA

Landlords who choose to ignore the rights that their tenants enjoy under the Consumer Protection Act do so at their own peril. In order to comply with the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), property ...

The law on shutting off electricity for tenants
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The law on shutting off electricity for tenants

Landlords who take the law into their own hands by terminating the electrical supply to a tenant’s property could well come to regret the decision.

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Recourse for landlords

The Rental Housing Tribunal’s (RHT’s) observation of a number of issues that arise repeatedly can be addressed and possibly avoided through increased knowledge and skill in the industry. Although absolutely essential, written ...