Lotus Paralegal

05/17/2022

This is why it’s essential to hire a professional from day 1 to ensure this doesn’t happen to you.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-landlord-says-he-s-drained-his-savings-after-tenants-stopped-paying-rent-last-year-1.5905631?fbclid=IwAR3bap3Q5jyFg9MIUMsTSeeiOVom4qTv-0ZbqGG8VfiaLapT7TmWIfDN3Rw&mibextid=ATveJy

An Ontario landlord who says he's exhausted his savings and credit after his tenants allegedly stopped paying rent six months ago is frustrated he has no power to evict them.

04/18/2022

https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/train-wreck-landlords-tenants-frustrated-by-tribunal-delays-5263157?utm_source=SND&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=AutoPilot&fbclid=IwAR0BwSP9xEcmmzsWPw-BxMlXmoAcfYmbBWH9NmqxNe9I07oPFdk5T0ylaRo&mibextid=ATveJy

'My eyes are now wide open to the failed system and what it takes to gain control back of your property as well as the financial hardship and emotional stress,' says former landlord

04/18/2022

https://globalnews.ca/news/8738378/landlord-tenant-board-evictions-backlog-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR2_-D47nNHJ_jIa8tNsn3vJG2u7FpI8vT8esrdHH2Jq2CrXrhhugI2FFd8&mibextid=ATveJy

The number of applications resolved by the LTB in 2020-2021 dropped to a three-year low; there were 34,731 active cases, compared to 22,803 in the 2019-2020 year.

04/18/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/this-landlord-bought-a-toronto-area-farm-2-years-ago-but-the-tenant-has-barred-him-from-the-property/ar-AAWjWhk?li=AAggNb9&fbclid=IwAR2BipcARKGUnBvABy2kjCfG62-OEwGISqitrhewJi5sNUTOTCSCK__MIKQ&mibextid=ATveJy

A Brampton man who bought a 40-hectare farm in Caledon, Ont., two years ago says he's still waiting to move in because a tenant is refusing to leave — and he says the body that's supposed to rule on landlord-tenant disputes has been too slow to act.

03/21/2022

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/landlord-tenant-dispute-mississauga-1.6388097?fbclid=IwAR2CiZHJM8yBmmkPSRJGS5dTcm9A2eB5PnXbRhXhCcyCTHmPQ31vWFJN3M0

An Oakville couple say they are caught in a nightmare scenario because the people living in the downstairs apartment of their Mississauga investment home refuse to leave more than six months after they sold it — and there's little they can do.

02/26/2022

https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/broken-system-sees-newmarket-renters-waiting-year-or-longer-for-complaint-hearings-4763753?fbclid=IwAR2BQ1HbWITSK3Bm51o-TGAO_zEJ3QLq430hPsAlXaK8TVtp4lFq8ErLezQ

Due to delays for Landlord and Tenant Board hearings, renters often have no choice but to remain in a unit and in contact with the landlord they are complaining about

02/19/2022

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/a-years-free-rent-awarded-to-port-coquitlam-tenant-after-landlord-chose-not-to-move-into-apartment-5075303?fbclid=IwAR0t-F9amcn6zDqPwEKmeNWCd6ZkuJ48iGdXUV-rPsWoS0wnf2ORlveVC0U

Tenant owed more than $22,000 after the purchaser of the apartment she was living in changed their mind about moving in and rented it out to someone else.

11/25/2021

An interesting ruling published on CanLII yesterday in the context of an N12, a settlement agreement, subsequent claim of bad faith / T5 (...

11/23/2021

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ts/business/2021/11/22/apartment-building-owner-hopes-to-set-precedent-with-vaccine-requirement.html?fbclid=IwAR2z2dnxXHkPGAvoOytSQrcDF53yjdoyq1MsA0dgxk5M7PtESMlVykmKMRE

CALGARY - An Alberta-based rental housing provider says it hopes to set a precedent with its decision to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination from ne...

11/22/2021

https://storeys.com/toronto-new-affordable-housing-units-national-housing-day/?fbclid=IwAR3Gmca__eEMj2DJXMuYUXY2NKFzzkJub3qILTsTomi8wwkuqB6odPP38Uc

Today is National Housing Day, and to mark the occasion came an announcement that Toronto is getting 300 to 400 new affordable housing units.

11/19/2021

https://www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-the-editor/letter-to-the-editor-doug-ford-the-landlord-tenant-board-needs-change-4757912?utm_source=SND&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=AutoPilot&fbclid=IwAR0ACysW_Cp_bCahL3ZFYzO0B3PYaEKjHoc0o7SZCh5QYjbSHFmvyzTA15w

'The owner's ex-husband had been renting a room from her but because she lived in Alberta he decided it was okay to take over the entire house instead of just one room'

11/15/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-rental-demand-resurgence-1.6247630?fbclid=IwAR193vbWyHd4Snk_83-Wc0h4ZHBSgQvDq1jCegpagGyO55_8VFp9d3TZp-c

On paper, Kendra Chaplin is an ideal tenant: a registered massage therapist with a good credit score and strong rental history. But when she recently started looking for a new place, she hit a wall.