March 16th, 2012
Turner continues to describe situations he has faced as a small unit landlord:
As a small-unit landlord, I have been in similar circumstances. Several years ago I went through the proscribed eviction process for a deadbeat tenant. In the remarkably short time of three months, by the bureaucratic standards of the landlord-tenant board, I was able, with the help of a sheriff, to evict the tenant – but not before they damaged the apartment to the tune of $20,000, not including $4,000 in unpaid rent.
Turner explained landlords are just like small businesses, like any independent store. Landlords provide living space in exchange for payment. Landlords pay taxes and even support other local businesses like suppliers…just like other small businesses.
Turner goes on to explain if you go to any store, take an item without paying, the owner will call the police and the thief will be arrested! This is the same as tenants moving in to a unit and not paying, yet tenants are offered special legal protections no one else gets!
He says the Residential Tenancies Act favors tenants over the landlord by a wide margin. According to Turner, even if you receive an eviction notice from the Landlord and Tenant Board you still have to pay the Sheriff to enforce it.
Very biased. Just read the story below this one!
I toally agree & sympathize. I am currently going through the eviction process with a non-paying tenant & am appalled at the government funded boards’ obvious bias in favor of the tenant. If you recall the RTA (Residential Tenancy Act ), used to be known as The Tenant Protestion Act…so although they changed the mame they have not changed the practises.
I to am going threw this as I went to the landlord board and got my eviction granted today is the day he is to be out and knowing the tenant I to will have to get the sheriff and pay $350 plus the cost I already put out for the landlord fee$170 plus 3 months lost rent , as my tenant gave notice he was moving out and used his last months rent but never left ,so now he has lived there for 3 months FREE ! LOSER ! I will be happy to see his back side going
Hi A small business landlord, their a lot of slum landlords I am not referring to people mention above.The board needs to give slum landlords a fine of $10,000,00 A lot of slum landlords are raciest The tenant act includes Human Rights Just because your a slum land lord does not give you the right to sexually harass female tenants & if she says no than try to kick her out or she has to go to a shelter police don’t help women in these situration but say move out Well it cost money to move out. The slum landlord wife or girl friend gets up set over the female tenant because her male is a horn dog A lot of slum landlord have an accents. You don’t see Greenwood Management at tribunals because they know the Tenant Protection Act,it is their job to know
Kula May R Ellison
The way it is explained that it takes three month to evict a non paying tenent, i think we sre electing wrong people in the parliament. We landlord save money to make a property and actually support the residencial shortage of the city. The system should be fair to both tenent and the landlord, if the government (our elected people) do not want to serve the economic requirement of the hard working citizen, we should not help them to get re-elected. I have just started the process of eviction for my tenent, I will share my experience with you people. I think instead of following this type of attitude at the cost of landlord, government should build houses and donate to these type of tenents who misuses the loopholes of the law with their help.(technically Government bodies creates the law with techical loopholes)
I had my house advertised as shared accomidation, which the tenant agreed to when she look at the house. Somehow she changed it at the last minute with my “husband” and the next thing I know the rest of my stuff is on the front porch. She paid Dec and Jan rent, decided she wsan’t going to for feb. I’ve been told she had maintence issues, that I’ve never been told about, still haven’t. She was pissed I went to evict her, she though she did nothing wrong. Thank go I agreed only to a 6 month lease. She wanted a 3 year lease. Gee wonder why. The lease agreement was up the 30 of may. We even offered to lower the rent for feb mar apr and may by 200 IF she accepted the offer and I didn’t file with LTB. I gave her extra time to come up with the month and respond, she never did, and never paid. She sent me email saying not to come to the house or it was harrasment. So I took her papers to be served to her job at the hospital. She sent me email sayin she was looking forward to the 18, gonna be a fun filled day from what her lawyer had to say..Humm.. where did he get his degree..crackerjack U??She thought she was going to beable to stay in the house until May 30 and not pay anything to live there. When we got to hearing, we of course mediated. Well, I think the Mediator felt we had been more then fair, I”m on CPP Disablitly, almost bankrupt, homeless pretty much, thank god my older son has some room for MY son to stay, I can’t afford a peice of gum all my money has gone to that house, that this “working” person is. She has worked for 1 year, scams welfare, owes housing 10K. She tried to say that the amount she owed was wrong she had email saying it was 800..so that is me being money hungry. Humm even with the 1000 rent, It still cost me 50-75 a month when renting. The water bill is hugh she isn’t going to pay it. Well, the mediator must have felt for me, because she didn’t side with her at all.. if asked her to leave the room, then said do you think your gonna get your money, me neither, we offered them to be out may 1 and she will not owe us the month in arrears for rent. She asked for the 3rd of may. Really? Mediator told me to go to my house and inspect in asap before she leaves and keep track of all money owing outside the rent. The mediator help us large. She told tenant she was very lucky because we are more then fair and the judge wouldn’t take kindly to the situation. She was the only one that had her hand up for duty councle, and even duty councle walked out of the room when mediator was with them. She just shook her head. So, The mediators came up with this agreement. They are to be out of the premises May 3. if they are no arrears rent will be owed. If they do not vacate at 12;01 am May 4, the money she owes becomes due, with interest of 3% annual, cost of 38.00 per day she is there extra, and instead of having to wait for the sheriff, we don’t. we can ask the sheriff to evict I said I don’t have the money for that. She said that tenant will be responsable for that payment. That I do not need to prove she owes the money, by her signing the agreement she agrees she owes it and her wages will be garnished. I drove by thehouse today, and I didn’t see any indication of moving or packing. I think she is going to be stupid enough to stay till the monday. Won’t be to smart on her part.. Cause I’m goin home at 12:01am the 4th. She is out on the streets, and police or not, she is going by force! So they didn’t side with tenant. They had to give her 11 days to find somewhere. I make no money, I”m almost broke, and my husband gave them the pay nothing deal.Where is the person that looks after me?