Maintenance and Repairs
Includes information on the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords to ensure a rental home is clean, safe, and in good repair.
Some indicators of legal issues
What the clients may say:
- "My heat isn't working properly and my landlord hasn't fixed it."
- "Someone broke into my apartment and my landlord said I have to fix the window myself."
- "My apartment has bed bugs and my landlord said he doesn't have the money to pay for an exterminator."
Legal Services and Information
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Ontario Legal Information Centre | The Centre offers legal information and referral services on a confidential basis: offering legal information and referral services offering public legal education presentations to its… |
Community Legal Services of Ottawa | Provides free legal services for low income residents of Ottawa: housing law (tenants or co-op members only - not landlords), like evictions and repairs immigration… |
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 | Housing loss prevention services to low and moderate income individuals and families (including newcomers) information and guidance to help with housing search on private market… |
Vanier Community Services Centre - Clinique juridique francophone d'Ottawa | Legal services for low-income francophones living in the East end of Ottawa in different areas of law such as:ImmigrationHousing (problems between tenants and landlords only)Ontario… |
Vanier Community Services Centre - Ligne d'information juridique | Provides summary legal advice in French in the following areas: Immigration law Family Law Housing law (tenant representation only) Labour Law - Employment Standards Employment… |
ABLE2 - Reach Legal Services | Legal services for individuals living with disabilities educates and informs persons with disabilities, family members, lawyers and the general public about the rights and interests… |
Community Legal Services of Ottawa | Provides free legal services for low income residents of Ottawa: housing law (tenants or co-op members only - not landlords), like evictions and repairs immigration… |
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… |
Community Legal Services of Ottawa | Provides free legal services for low income residents of Ottawa: housing law (tenants or co-op members only - not landlords), like evictions and repairs immigration… |