Which Applications Can I File?

There are a number of applications that you can file with the LTB; for both Landlords and Tenants. 

For Landlords:

• L1 - Application to evict tenant for non-payment of rent

  • • • The L1 application is used to evict a tenant due to Non-Payment of rent. But only after an N4 has been served and rent has not been paid

• L2 - Application to End Tenancy and Evict a Tenant or Collect Money

  • • • The L2 application can be used to evict tenants in certain situations. This includes damaging the unit, overcrowding, and more.This also lets money be collected that can't be collected through just the L1. Unpaid utilities, monetary damage to unit, etc...

• L4 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant – Tenant Failed to Meet Conditions of a Settlement or Order 

  • • • You can use this Form L4 application to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) for an order to end a tenancy and evict a tenant where the tenant has not met the conditions in a mediated settlement or order, and the mediated settlement or order allows you to file this application. 

• L5 – Application for an Above Guideline Increase 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) for an order allowing a rent increase of more than the guideline for any or all of the rental units in the residential complex in any or all of the following cases:

• The municipal taxes and charges for the residential complex increased by an "extraordinary" amount,

• Operating costs for security services for the residential complex have been experienced for the first time or have increased, and/or

• Capital expenditure work was done in the residential complex.

• L6 – Application for Review of a Work Order about Provincial Maintenance Standards 

  • • • You can use this application if you want the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) to review a work order issued by the municipality if the work order is about enforcing the provincial maintenance standards.

      • You cannot file this application to request a review of any other type of work order (for example, a municipal work order which is enforcing municipal property standards by-laws).

• L7 – Application to Transfer a Care Home Tenant 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) to transfer a tenant from a care home because the tenant requires a different level of care than the care home provides. 

• L8 – Application Because the Tenant Changed the Locks 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) if the tenant changed the locks to the rental unit or to the residential complex without your consent and you want the tenant to:

• give you a key to the new locking system
  or

• pay your costs to change the locking system

• L9 – Application to Collect Rent the Tenant Owes 

  • • • You may use an Application to Collect the Rent the Tenant Owes (L9 Application) if the tenant owes you rent and you want to collect the money the tenant owes.

      • If the tenant made a payment by cheque that was returned to you because of non-sufficient funds (NSF) and the tenant has not paid you back for the charges related to that NSF cheque, you can also include these amounts in your application.

• L10 – Application to Collect Money a Former Tenant Owes 

  • • • You can use this application if the tenant has already moved out of the rental unit and want an order to:

• collect rent or compensation you believe the former tenant owes you

• collect an amount for charges related to NSF cheques the former tenant gave you

• collect costs you believe the former tenant owes you for unpaid utility bills (utilities mean heat, electricity and water)

• collect money you believe the former tenant owes you for damaging the rental unit

• collect costs you incurred because the former tenant or someone else visiting or living in the rental unit substantially interfered with your reasonable enjoyment or lawful right, privilege or interest

For Tenants:

• T1 – Tenant Application for a Rebate 

  • • • You can use this application to have the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) determine whether your landlord collected money from you that they should not have collected or failed to pay you money they owe you.  

• T2 - Applications About Tenant Rights 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to have the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) determine whether the landlord, the landlord’s agent or the superintendent:

• entered your rental unit illegally,

• changed the locking system without giving you replacement keys,

• seriously interfered with the reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit or the complex by you or a member of your household,

• withheld or interfered with vital services, care services, or meals,

• harassed, interfered with, obstructed, coerced or threatened you.

• T3 – Tenant Application for a Rent Reduction 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) for an order reducing your rent because the landlord:

• reduced or discontinued a service or facility, or

• experienced a decrease in municipal taxes and charges.

• T4 – Tenant Application – Landlord did not Comply with an Agreement to Increase Rent Above the Guideline 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) to have all or part of the rent increase above the guideline returned to you, if you and the landlord:

• signed an Agreement to Increase the Rent Above the Guideline (Form N10), and

• the landlord failed to comply with all or part of what the agreement required the landlord to do.

• T5 – Tenant Application – Landlord Gave a Notice of Termination in Bad Faith 

  • • • You can use this form to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) to determine if the landlord gave you a Notice of Termination in bad faith. You can apply if you are a former tenant who moved out of a rental unit because the landlord gave you one of the following notices and you believe that the landlord gave the notice in bad faith:

• Form N12 Notice to End your Tenancy Because the Landlord, a Purchaser or a Family Member Requires the Rental Unit,

• Form N13 Notice to End your Tenancy Because the Landlord Wants to Demolish the Rental Unit, Repair it or Convert it to Another Use

• T6 – Tenant Application about Maintenance 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to have the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) determine whether your landlord:

• has not repaired or maintained the rental unit or the residential complex, or

• has not complied with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards.

• T7 – Tenant Application about Suite Meters 

  • • • You can use this application to apply to have the Landlord and Tenant Board (the LTB) determine whether your landlord:

• did not follow the rules under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (the RTA) before they terminated their obligation to provide electricity to the rental unit and required you to start paying your own electricity costs, or

• did not follow all the required rules under the RTA before requiring you to pay a portion of the utility costs for your rental unit.

When you file your application with the Landlord and Tenant Board, it is extremely important that your application is completed the right way. Your application must be 100% correct as any small mistake may prove to be fatal to your application. If you have any doubts, please consider hiring a professional, such as Kaufman Paralegal Services. An experienced team will take care of your matter with extreme attention to detail. 

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