Glossary - Housing Law

parties

In Housing Law

Parties are the people or organizations directly involved in a court case, contract, agreement, or other legal matter. For example, a party can be one person, a group of 2 or more people, a corporation, or a government organization like a municipal subsidized housing provider.

In most housing law cases, the landlord and the tenant are parties. The minor children of the tenant are usually not parties. Other examples of parties include former landlords, employees of the landlord, or buyers of the home.

peace bond

In Abuse and Family Violence, Criminal Law, Family Law, Housing Law, Refugee Law

A peace bond is a court order from a criminal court that requires a person to “keep the peace and be of good behaviour”. The peace bond may also contain other conditions the person must follow. For example, the person may be required to follow a “no contact” condition.

period

In Housing Law

A length of time that repeats over and over. A periodic tenancy is a tenancy that repeats or renews after each period until the landlord or the tenant does something to end it. It does not have a fixed term. The most common types are weekly and monthly tenancies.

personal characteristic

In Employment and Work, Health and Disability, Housing Law, Human Rights

A personal characteristic is a quality that a person has. A personal characteristic can be something that is important to your sense of self. And it’s usually something that you cannot change about yourself.

Ontario’s Human Rights Code protects people from being treated unfairly because they have certain personal characteristics. These are sometimes called “protected grounds”.

There are 17 personal characteristics protected by the Human Rights Code, related to:

  • age
  • race
  • disability
  • religion
  • sex and gender
  • sexual orientation
  • family and marital status

Two personal characteristics are only protected in certain situations. These are:

  • getting government income supports (housing only)
  • having a record of offences (employment only)
personal characteristics

In Employment and Work, Health and Disability, Housing Law, Human Rights

Personal characteristics are qualities that a person has. Personal characteristics can be things that are important to your sense of self.

Ontario’s Human Rights Code protects people from being treated unfairly because they have certain personal characteristics. These are sometimes called “protected grounds”.

There are 17 personal characteristics protected by the Human Rights Code, related to:

  • age
  • race
  • disability
  • religion
  • sex and gender
  • sexual orientation
  • family and marital status

Two personal characteristics are only protected in certain situations. These are:

  • getting government income supports (housing only)
  • having a record of offences (employment only)
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