Eviction Strategies

A landlord was ordered to pay her problem tenant after a botched eviction. The landlord inherited the tenant from the previous property owner, who did not obtain a written tenancy agreement, but rather allowed the tenant to rent month to month. The tenant has been in...

Manitoba's Rental Board now offers assistance to small, independent landlords trying to resolve disputes with problem tenants.  The Independent Advisor Office provides staff from Legal Aid Manitoba to help landlords get important information and advice, file claims...

Landlords Required to Submit New Form The Ontario Landlord Tenant Board has taken steps it says will improve access to justice for both landlords and tenants.   The Board has implemented a new scheduling protocol.  Effective immediately, the Board will begin...

A Texas woman is suing her landlord over a botched eviction.  She claims she lost tens of thousands of dollars worth of possessions that her landlord thought he had the right to toss out, according to a news report. The landlord filed an eviction action against the...

Having a problem tenant is trouble enough. But what if evicting that tenant isn't an option? A landlord's actions prior to an eviction can jeopardize the case later on, allowing the tenant time to damage the unit or live rent free for months. Avoid these missteps, and...

While a tenant eviction may feel like the worst case scenario, losing an eviction--and owing the tenant money in the end, is even worse. Before you start down that path, ask yourself the following questions first: 1. Have you tried to resolve the problem short of an...

Tenants live rent-free for three months before eviction enforced Ontario’s rental property owners say the rent dispute process is broken. Owners spend thousands of dollars a year providing free housing to tenants who have not paid their rent. They are asking the...

Q: I have a four bedroom house with four individual tenants with a common lease.  One tenant, who has been in the house for five years, has increasingly become a nuisance to the other tenants.   The lease expires May 31, 2011.  My lease agreement states she can not be...

Q: We have a tenant who is a hoarder.  Over the years, it is getting worse. What are my rights as a landlord?- TVS Landlord   Hoarding--collecting excessive numbers of pets or possessions, is largely viewed as a mental illness related to obsessive compulsive disorder,...

Q: What can a landlord do to evict a tenant with an additional occupant not on the lease agreement?  This tenant has removed lights from the garage that give security lighting to the upstairs tenant. He paid late (15 days) every month for a year!  And that's not to...