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Rant: Landlords and your data.

monkeyfarm said:
As far as I can tell, it's not if the unit was first occupied as a rental after November 15, 2018. Our landlord raised our rent by 3.5% this past March for the same reason, it's a townhouse that was first occupied in 2019 (by the previous tenant). Our landlord doesn't intend on kicking us out, thankfully, he just occasionally (it's been 3 times in 1 year & six months) asks when we're moving out as he would like to raise rent competitively.
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I am not sure what you mean. I know there are set rates and yes there are specific dates where new and old rules apply. But there rates you can increase are set, even new and old rules. Your example of in-laws suddenly increasing the rent by $300 is as far as I can tell is illegal. Even if their tenants were paying $2000 a month, a legal increase of 3.5% is only $70. 5% = $100. I don't think there ever has been a increase allowed in double digits, like 10%
 
Dimitri said:
A reasonable key deposit is okay. But must be returned immediately at end of tenancy.

Basically anything more the $50 for a medeco key is thrown out by the LTB.
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Interesting I really was under the impression the only deposits allowed to be collected were the first and last month. But there is a clause allowing for a "key" type deposit, just like you said. My bad.
 
sburns said:
I am not sure what you mean. I know there are set rates and yes there are specific dates where new and old rules apply. But there rates you can increase are set, even new and old rules. Your example of in-laws suddenly increasing the rent by $300 is as far as I can tell is illegal. Even if their tenants were paying $2000 a month, a legal increase of 3.5% is only $70. 5% = $100. I don't think there ever has been a increase allowed in double digits, like 10%
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As far as I can tell, the guideline does not apply to new builds. Otherwise, my landlord's hike of our rent by 3.5% would also be illegal as the limit at the time was 1.2%.

"The guideline applies to the vast majority – approximately 1.4 million – of rental households covered by the Residential Tenancies Act. It does not apply to rental units occupied for the first time after November 15, 2018, vacant residential units, community housing, long-term care homes or commercial properties." - via Ontario.ca (link)
 
monkeyfarm said:
And I'm sure landlords are aware, at least my landlord's real estate agent should have been when she conducted the transaction. With the competitive nature of the market, I don't think they care because what am I going to do, not want a roof over my head?
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Yeah and this is were the problems start between LL & Tenants, when people try to game the system.
Now with the high costs of properties, this will be exploited more because there is a lot more at stake, and probably why you are jumping through hoops for this rental.
It also doesn't help the LTB is almost useless, also favours tenants, and doesn't give LL much recourse when things go very bad.

I think the whole system needs to be re-worked
 
sburns said:
Yeah and this is were the problems start between LL & Tenants, when people try to game the system.
Now with the high costs of properties, this will be exploited more because there is a lot more at stake, and probably why you are jumping through hoops for this rental.
It also doesn't help the LTB is almost useless, also favours tenants, and doesn't give LL much recourse when things go very bad.

I think the whole system needs to be re-worked
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Agree. As a first cut, there should be a searchable public registry of landlords and tenants that go to the LTB, description of the issue and outcome. If you choose to be a scumbag (either LL or tenant), your right to privacy is gone and it should be easy for future people to know what you are and avoid you. That's not perfect but at least it should cut the knees out from "professional" tenants or dodgy LL's and they could only pull their crap a time or two before decent people tell them to f off.
 
regder said:
Somewhat relevant, $45k in damages by a foreign government diplomat

globalnews.ca

Senegalese diplomat arrested by Quebec police owed former landlord more than $45,000 | Globalnews.ca

Court records show that debt was not paid by Oumou Kalsoum Sall and a bailiff went to her residence in Gatineau, Que., to enforce it Aug. 2.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
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Theres a diplomat from some country down the road from me. I was always under the impression they were untouchable, especially driving with their red plates etc... Quebec doesn't mess around aye.
 
DownUnder said:
Theres a diplomat from some country down the road from me. I was always under the impression they were untouchable, especially driving with their red plates etc... Quebec doesn't mess around aye.
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I think they need to get back to the embassy first. Wasn't there an American Diplomat's wife that ran over a kid somewhere, and never had any consequences?

US diplomat’s wife Anne Sacoolas charged in UK teen’s death

US diplomat’s wife Anne Sacoolas expected to face UK court over death of Harry Dunn
 
You can detain a diplomat until you confirm their credentials. Then you would contact the embassy and see if their immunity would be waived before proceeding to lay charges.
 
DownUnder said:
Theres a diplomat from some country down the road from me. I was always under the impression they were untouchable, especially driving with their red plates etc... Quebec doesn't mess around aye.
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A Kiwi relative and his wife had diplomatic immunity in the USA. They were driving to Ottawa and he had to remind his wife that they didn't have immunity in Canada and the 100 sign on the highway wasn't miles per hour.

A LEO in Ottawa said the Kiwis were good at obeying the rules of the road and actually paid the fines for parking tickets. A lot of other countries didn't
 
Small new townhome 5 minutes from new Amazon warehouse in Hamilton advertised on marketplace yesterday for $2,700 a month.... How many employee's making $18 an hour would it take to afford it? I guess if 4 of them pooled their money together it might work. My friend said all of the supervisors drive in from Brampton. Maybe can save on some travel time.
 
For the owners on this thread - has anybody ever tried out SingleKey? A colleague mentioned it and a quick look shows it pulls everything for $25 (that you can have the prospective tenant do). Credit/background/social media and criminal record. Sounds like an easy button.
 
shinrai said:
For the owners on this thread - has anybody ever tried out SingleKey? A colleague mentioned it and a quick look shows it pulls everything for $25 (that you can have the prospective tenant do). Credit/background/social media and criminal record. Sounds like an easy button.
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That's pretty much what every realestate agent in Australia does for you when renting your property... how legit is it in canada though, anyone have experience with it?
 
shinrai said:
For the owners on this thread - has anybody ever tried out SingleKey? A colleague mentioned it and a quick look shows it pulls everything for $25 (that you can have the prospective tenant do). Credit/background/social media and criminal record. Sounds like an easy button.
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Sounds interesting and that's cheaper than getting a criminal record check from the cops. I may pull one on myself sometime for interest.
 
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