Eviction
Includes rights of tenants who have received an eviction notice or who have been evicted.
Some indicators of legal issues
What the clients may say:
- "I'm behind on my rent and my landlord said I have to move out."
- "My landlord asked me to move out so that his/her family can move into the home, but I want to stay."
- "My landlord has threatened to evict me because I make too much noise."
Legal Services and Information
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Housing Help | A one-stop, drop-in service to help people with their practical housing problemsAssistance regarding: housing emergencies evictions maintenance and repair problems illegal rentsInformation: applications for subsidized… |
| University of Ottawa - Community Legal Clinic | Student Legal Aid Services Society clinic staffed by students and supervised by lawyers provides legal services to low-income members of the community conducts legal education… |
| Action Housing | COVID-19 (August 18, 2022): Action Housing is adopting social contact reduction practices and partial reopening protocols during this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Face-to-face services… |
| Vanier Community Services Centre - Clinique juridique francophone d'Ottawa | Legal services for low-income francophones living in Ottawa in different areas of law such as: Immigration Housing (problems between tenants and landlords only) Ontario Disability… |
| JusticeNet | Non-profit organization links individuals seeking legal advice that are unable to obtain legal advice due to high cost or due to their ineligibility to obtain… |
| Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General - Independent Legal Advice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Program | Provides four hours of free legal advice to those who qualify by phone or video chat from one or more lawyers on referral list service… |