Glossary
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 does not 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.
In Housing Law
A tenant’s legal right to live in their place. Usually this right comes from an agreement between the tenant and the landlord. This agreement might be called a tenancy agreement, a lease, or a rental agreement. It does not have to be in writing to be legal. It can be a spoken agreement or even an unspoken understanding.
In Housing Law
Tenant duty counsel are lawyers and community legal workers who can help tenants at most Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) hearings. They are also usually available by telephone or Zoom. Tenant duty counsel can give free advice about legal rights, obligations and the LTB process, help work out settlements with your landlord, or help you talk to LTB mediators. There is no charge for tenant duty counsel services.
In Housing Law
The length of time that an agreement, such as a tenancy agreement, is meant to last. For example, a lease that goes from April 1 to the following March 31 has a term of one year. This is also called a fixed term tenancy. During this time, neither the landlord nor the tenant can end the tenancy unless the other one does something that seriously breaks the agreement.
When the term is over, it does not mean the tenancy ends. The tenancy automatically turns into a periodic tenancy unless the landlord or tenant does something to end it.
Term can also mean a detail or part of the agreement, for example, that the tenant will not hang things from their balcony railing, or that the landlord will provide parking for visitors.