Glossary - Housing Law
In Family Law, Housing Law, Human Rights, Tribunals and Courts
Give or deliver a document to someone. Usually the law says how you can give or deliver the document, who has to get it, and the deadline by which they have to get it.
In Housing Law, Renting a new place to live, Subsidized housing
A city, county, district, or region that is responsible for the subsidized housing located in its area. For example, the service manager for all subsidized housing in Peterborough County is the City of Peterborough.
In Housing Law
The Sheriff is a government official who enforces or carries out certain kinds of orders made by courts and tribunals. After the Landlord and Tenant Board makes an order to evict a tenant, the Sheriff can make the tenant leave. The law does not let the landlord, private bailiffs, security guards, or police do this. But the Sheriff can ask the police for help if the Sheriff thinks there might be violence.
In Housing Law
Give your rented home temporarily to a new tenant, who is called your subtenant, for part of the term of your tenancy. Usually you need the landlord’s permission. You are still responsible to the landlord for the rent and for taking care of the place. You keep the right to move back in when the subletting agreement ends.
In Housing Law
Subsidized means that a part of a tenant’s rent is paid by a government agency or a non-profit organization. To get a subsidy, the tenant usually must have a household income below a certain amount. Subsidized housing is sometimes called rent-geared-to-income, or RGI, housing because the amount of rent the tenant pays sometimes depends on their income.
In Housing Law
In subsidized housing, part of the rent is paid by a government agency or a non-profit organization. The part that the tenant doesn’t have to pay is called a subsidy. To get a subsidy, the tenant usually must have a household income below a certain amount. Subsidized housing is sometimes called rent-geared-to-income, or RGI, housing because the amount of rent the tenant pays sometimes depends on their income.
In Housing Law
A subsidy is a part of a tenant’s rent that is paid by a government agency or a non-profit organization. To get a subsidy, the tenant usually must have a household income below a certain amount. Subsidized housing is sometimes called rent-geared-to-income, or RGI, housing because the amount of rent the tenant pays sometimes depends on their income.
In Abuse and Family Violence, Family Law, Housing Law, Tribunals and Courts
A summons is a legal document that requires a witness to come to a trial or a hearing on a specific date to tell their part of the story.
