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Tenant Services: Including Advocacy Assistance Within Landlord-Tenant Board Proceedings
Question: What are a tenant's legal rights if a landlord attempts an illegal rent increase?
Answer: In Ontario, tenants are protected against unlawful rent increases by the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17. Tenants can contest such increases by filing at the Landlord and Tenant Board. United Legal Services offers assistance in reviewing your case and advocating for your rights to ensure fair treatment.
Legal Rights and Duties Affecting Residential Tenants
To a tenant, a rental dwelling is home. Of course, home means something unique to everyone and these special feelings are recognized. With this said, United Legal Services also recognizes that impartial empathy is often necessary to remain focused upon the legal issues and to remain an objective advisor and negotiator. United Legal Services helps tenants to resolve disputes by first reviewing the facts and issues and then by working to negotiate a resolution with the landlord. If resolution is evasive, United Legal Services can prepare the required Landlord Tenant Board forms and advocate at Landlord Tenant Board hearings.