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If a landlord shares a certain portion of the home with the tenant, they can kick out the tenant without notice.
A private landlord can also choose to move themself or a family member into a rented property, kicking out the tenant.
A corporation can still evict a tenant, but aside from not being able to move themselves or a family member in, they generally have the same tools that a private landlord has.
Please do correct me if I’m mistaken in any of this though.
If a landlord shares a certain portion of the home with the tenant, they can kick out the tenant without notice.
Requires notice, can be appealed, can’t be in winter
A private landlord can also choose to move themself or a family member into a rented property, kicking out the tenant.
Same as above, and it needs to go through the board.
A corporation can still evict a tenant, but aside from not being able to move themselves or a family member in, they generally have the same tools that a private landlord has
They haven’t been following the rules so in practice there are no rules
If you need to rent out a room to avoid bills then you can’t kick out a tenant for not paying rent or destroying the place
If you’re a company renting hundreds of properties you can do whatever you like
Isn’t the opposite the case in Ontario?
If a landlord shares a certain portion of the home with the tenant, they can kick out the tenant without notice.
A private landlord can also choose to move themself or a family member into a rented property, kicking out the tenant.
A corporation can still evict a tenant, but aside from not being able to move themselves or a family member in, they generally have the same tools that a private landlord has.
Please do correct me if I’m mistaken in any of this though.
Requires notice, can be appealed, can’t be in winter
Same as above, and it needs to go through the board.
They haven’t been following the rules so in practice there are no rules
The corporation needs to go through the board. But I think kicking out a “roommate” doesn’t need to go through the board.
Now, if you’ve rented out your home’s basement apartment, then yeah, you’re bound by the RTA and the whims of the LTB, but so are the corporations.
Sorry to link to Reddit, but there’s some discussion here: https://old.reddit.com/r/OntarioLandlord/comments/16gxdez/how_to_evict_boarderroomer/
This is also my understanding. A “roommate” who shares part of your house with you is just a house guest.