Residential Landlord and Tenant Law

Review Questions
Introduction to Residential Tenancies

1. Which of the following statements are TRUE and which are FALSE?

a. In general, the RTA applies to landlords and tenants of all residential rental units in
Ontario.

b. Board members are generally appointed for four years, and often reappointed for a
second four-year term.

c. Under the RTA there are special rules for certain types of rental units, such as care homes,
mobile home parks, and land lease communities.

d. Services and facilities are things provided with a rental unit such as parking, appliances,
common-area cleaning, lockers, and laundry facilities.

e. The RTA governs tenant’s obligation to pay rent.

f. The RTA governs the amount of rent a landlord can charge.

g. Applications to the board concerning the rent and charges can only be made by landlords.

h. Where a tenancy agreement is in conflict with the RTA, the RTA overrides the agreement.

i. A board member must follow an interpretation guideline.

j. The right of a residential tenant in Ontario to keep the tenancy is referred to as a right to
occupy.

k. The RTA applies to all residential rental units in Ontario unless there is a specific
exemption for the unit.

l. If a landlord or tenant is unsure if the RTA applies to their rental situation, they can apply
to the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal to make a determination.

m. The RTA provides certain specific exemptions for mixed commercial-and-living situations.

n. The definition of “tenant” excludes a person who has the right to occupy a rental unit by
virtue of being a co-owner.

o. The holders of estates for life, who are sometimes referred to as “tenants for life” under
“life leases,” are subject to the RTA.

p. A landlord can deny a potential tenant a rental unit based on their source of income.

q. You can violate the Human Rights Code if the breach is designed to alleviate the
disadvantage to a particular group.

r. A landlord cannot take a prospective tenants income into account or perform a credit
check on the prospective tenant.
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Introduction to Residential Tenancies

s. The board will not rule on complaints against landlords by people whose rental
applications were refused.

2. List the different types of tenancy List the basic elements that must be addressed in
agreements. these tenancy agreements

3. In order, list the sources of law that affect residential tenancies and proceedings about residential
tenancies

4. Using s 5 of the RTA determine which of the following tenancies are COVERED (either fully or partially)
and which are EXEMPT under the Act?

a. Detached house

b. Social Housing Unit

c. Room is a halfway house

d. A niece rents a room in her aunt’s house. They share a bathroom.

e. Room above a restaurant rented to the tenant on the condition that the tenant work at
the restaurant

f. Fatima lives in a basement apartment in a townhouse. The apartment has a bedroom,

living room and bathroom, but she has to go upstairs to use the kitchen. The upstairs of
the townhouse is occupied by Maryam. Maryam’s parents own the townhouse.

g. Dev lives in a first-floor apartment in a residential building owned by Best Apartments

Inc. Dev is the superintendent.

h. Susie lives in a loft in a barn owned by Huxley’s farm. Susie work as a farm hand and stay
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in the loft as long as she is employed.

i. Zosia lives in a college residence from September to May. Her room contains a bed, a
desk and cupboards.

j. Walter currently lives in a rehabilitation facility. He is recovering from hip-replacement

surgery. He will be living there for two months.

k. James lost his job due to COVID. He was living in a tent city located a George Hislop Park
in downtown Toronto. The city moved him to hotel room.

5. Is it legal for a landlord to REFUSE to rent to any of the following? Or must the landlord RENT to them?

a. A deaf person who cannot hear a smoke alarm

b. Smoker

c. Non-Christians

d. Christians

e. Recipients of Social Assistance

f. Same sex couples

g. People with children

h. People who wear white after Labour Day

i. Dog owner

j. Guide-dog owner

k. Single parent

l. Divorced person

m. Paralegal

6. Explore the Landlord and Tenant Board’s website and advise what the fees are for each of the following:

a. Landlord’s Motion to Set Aside an Order to Void

b. T2 – Application about Tenant Rights

c. L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

d. L4 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant – Tenant Failed to Meet Conditions
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of a Settlement or Order

e. Request to Review an Order

f. Recording of a Hearing

g. L5 – Application for a Rent Increase Above the Guideline

7. Explore the Landlord and Tenant’s Board’s website and advise which of the following applications can be
filed electronically. Answer YES or NO.

a. L1 – Application to Evict a Tenant for Non-Payment of Rent and to Collect Rent the
Tenant Owes

b. L3 – Application to End a Tenancy – Tenant Gave Notice or Agreed to Terminate the

Tenancy

c. T5 – Tenant Application – Landlord Gave a Notice of Termination in Bad Faith.

d. T6 – Tenant Application about Maintenance