Glossary
In Housing Law
A rented place to live where the landlord provides care services or makes them available to the tenants. Examples of care services are nursing care, supervision of medications, attendant care, and help with daily living activities. A tenant is a care home tenant only if getting the services was a reason they moved there. Retirement homes for seniors are a common type of care home.
In Housing Law
The term “care services” has a specific meaning in the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA). Care services include health care, rehabilitation, and therapy. It also includes services that help people with daily activities, like:
- taking prescription drugs
- feeding
- bathing and dressing
- changing bedpans and adult diapers
- moving around, such as walking, using a cane, or using a wheelchair
Other care services include nursing care and personal emergency response services.
More care services
You can also get housekeeping, recreational services, laundry, or help with transportation. But these are only considered care services if you also get one of the services listed in the care services section above.
In Housing Law
A consent order is a type of Landlord and Tenant Board order that is based what the parties in the case agree to.
In Housing Law
A declaration is a written statement. The person making the statement must sign it. They must also promise that:
- the statement is true,
- there’s nothing misleading or false in it, and
- they have not deliberately forgotten to include any important information.
In Housing Law
Money you give someone for them to hold and to count towards something you will have to pay later. In Ontario, the only deposit a landlord can make you give them is the amount of rent for one period. Usually this means one month’s rent. The landlord can only use this for the last rent payment before the tenancy ends. It is often called a security deposit, last month’s rent deposit, or LMR.
In Employment and Work, Housing Law, Human Rights
In Ontario’s human rights laws, the term disability includes many conditions. For example, a disability can be a physical condition, a mental condition, a learning disability, a developmental disability, or a mental illness. Disability also includes being addicted to or dependent on drugs or alcohol.
You could be born with a disability. Or, you could have a disability because you were sick or injured.
In Employment and Work, Housing Law, Human Rights, Income Assistance, Tribunals and Courts
The law says that you cannot be discriminated against:
- in employment and housing
- when you buy or receive items and services
- when you make a contract
- by your union or professional association
Discrimination happens when you’re treated unfairly because of protected grounds, also called personal characteristics. Ontario’s Human Rights Code lists 17 protected grounds that include ethnic origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, family status, and disability.
Tell or force a tenant to move out. A Notice of Termination from a landlord is often called an eviction notice, even though it does not force the tenant to move out. A Landlord and Tenant Board order forcing a tenant to move out is often called an eviction order.
In Housing Law
To evict is to tell or force a tenant to move out. A Notice of Termination from a landlord is often called an eviction notice, even though it does not force the tenant to move out. A Landlord and Tenant Board order forcing a tenant to move out is often called an eviction order.
In Housing Law
Evidence is used to prove that something is true or false. Evidence comes in different forms, such as photographs, information from witnesses, and documents like emails and rent receipts. A judge or tribunal member uses evidence to make a decision.