Re: OLA Member in the Star-Exploitive rent demands for newco
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 3:27 pm
Recently I had to reject the application of two newcomers.
They had just arrived from abroad and were staying with family.
The couple seemed very decent and reasonable people. They told me they were in the process of transferring thier "war chest" of savings to Canada and offered to show me thier savings. I told them this would not ensure I would be paid the rent as they could simply transfer the money the next day.
One of the applicants even had a job interview the following week as a medical practioner!
I explained that the rental rules in ontario are very much biased in favor of tenants and that without a reliable source of income I could not take the chance on renting to them.
They even offered to get a guarantor, but I had to explain that this would only complicate any proceedings at the LTB: delaying or stop an eviction.
They did not offer to pre-pay their rent, and I did not ask them to do so. If they had offered, I would have rejected that option as it would only open me to legal action.
They REALLY wanted the property and asked me what were the chances of them getting it. I told them that they seemed like good decent people and they deserved an honest straight forward answer. I had to tell them that is was extremely unlikely that under ontario's rental laws I could take a chance on them.
When I got home that night, they had none the less, each faxed a neat and completed rental application to me.
I never called them back. (I hope they found a good home)
Cheri, barbara and "activists", YOU are the reason two decent deserving tenants were rejected.
You can NOT legislate landlords to accept high risk tenants. Please read that sentence again.........You can NOT legislate landlords to accept high risk tenants
You can beat your chest and scream all you want that "housing is a right", but nothing will change.
If you want high risk tenants tenants to receive decent housing from private landlords you will HAVE to change the rental laws to reasonably protect ontario landlords and their properties. (otherwise you must also accept responsibility for this situation).
They had just arrived from abroad and were staying with family.
The couple seemed very decent and reasonable people. They told me they were in the process of transferring thier "war chest" of savings to Canada and offered to show me thier savings. I told them this would not ensure I would be paid the rent as they could simply transfer the money the next day.
One of the applicants even had a job interview the following week as a medical practioner!
I explained that the rental rules in ontario are very much biased in favor of tenants and that without a reliable source of income I could not take the chance on renting to them.
They even offered to get a guarantor, but I had to explain that this would only complicate any proceedings at the LTB: delaying or stop an eviction.
They did not offer to pre-pay their rent, and I did not ask them to do so. If they had offered, I would have rejected that option as it would only open me to legal action.
They REALLY wanted the property and asked me what were the chances of them getting it. I told them that they seemed like good decent people and they deserved an honest straight forward answer. I had to tell them that is was extremely unlikely that under ontario's rental laws I could take a chance on them.
When I got home that night, they had none the less, each faxed a neat and completed rental application to me.
I never called them back. (I hope they found a good home)
Cheri, barbara and "activists", YOU are the reason two decent deserving tenants were rejected.
You can NOT legislate landlords to accept high risk tenants. Please read that sentence again.........You can NOT legislate landlords to accept high risk tenants
You can beat your chest and scream all you want that "housing is a right", but nothing will change.
If you want high risk tenants tenants to receive decent housing from private landlords you will HAVE to change the rental laws to reasonably protect ontario landlords and their properties. (otherwise you must also accept responsibility for this situation).