Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you want out of your lease you must find someone to take your lease, but if your apartment burns down — your landlord owes you nothing!
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Reading Time: 2 minutesDear Di, my landlord has offered my roommate and I a discount on rent in exchange for sexual favours. While this is a really strange and uncomfortable situation, we really enjoy the location and quality of our building and don’t want to leave our home. I am worried that by saying no or ignoring the offer, we could be evicted. What should we do?
Reading Time: 4 minutesMany tenants say they cannot afford to pay April’s rent due to lay-offs and other financial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why the Herongate Tenant Coalition is organizing a rent strike for the month of April.
Reading Time: 7 minutesStudent renters especially vulnerable to being taken advantage of by landlords and vice-versa, experts say.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent proposal to implement landlord licensing in Ottawa has people torn on whether it will make it easier or harder to find affordable housing, especially for students.
