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
| 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… |
| Community Legal Services of Ottawa | COVID-19 (24 Oct 2022): Offices are currently closed and appointments are by phone. Some in-person appointments may be available going forward from November 2022. Call… |
| 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… |
| Reach Canada - Equality and Justice for People With Disabilities - Reach Canada - Equality and Justice for People With Disabilities | COVID-19 (July 12, 2021): Reach's Legal Referral program is accepting calls from clients with disabilities in Ottawa and the Champlain region who require legal assistance.… |
| Community Legal Services of Ottawa | COVID-19 (24 Oct 2022): Offices are currently closed and appointments are by phone. Some in-person appointments may be available going forward from November 2022. Call… |
| Community Legal Services of Ottawa | COVID-19 (24 Oct 2022): Offices are currently closed and appointments are by phone. Some in-person appointments may be available going forward from November 2022. Call… |
| Ottawa Community Housing Corporation | COVID-19 (30 Mar 2021): OCH offices are by appointment only until further notice. Call centre remains open Mon-Sun 24 h.Offers social and affordable housing for… |
| 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… |