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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

Records for Maintenance and Repairs
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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…
Landlord's Self-Help Centre Incorporated non-profit organization provides information, assistance and educational programs to Ontario's small-scale landlords free of charge
Ontario Legal Information 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 partnersServices:free…

Social Services and Information

Ottawa Social Services