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PART III RESPONSIBILITIES OF LANDLORDS

s.29 — Tenant applications

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

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29 (1) A tenant or former tenant of a rental unit may apply to the Board for any of the following orders: 1. An order determining that the landlord has breached an obligation under subsection 20 (1) or section 161. 2. An order determining that the landlord, superintendent or agent of the landlord has withheld the reasonable supply of any vital service, care service or food that it is the landlord’s obligation to supply under the tenancy agreement or deliberately interfered with the reasonable supply of any vital service, care service or food. 3. An order determining that the landlord, superintendent or agent of the landlord has substantially interfered with the reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit or residential complex for all usual purposes by the tenant or a member of his or her household. 4. An order determining that the landlord, superintendent or agent of the landlord has harassed, obstructed, coerced, threatened or interfered with the tenant during the tenant’s occupancy of the rental unit. 5. An order determining that the landlord, superintendent or agent of the landlord has altered the locking system on a door giving entry to the rental unit or the residential complex or caused the locking system to be altered during the tenant’s occupancy of the rental unit without giving the tenant replacement keys. 6. An order determining that the landlord, superintendent or agent of the landlord has illegally entered the rental unit. (2) No application may be made under subsection (1) more than one year after the day the alleged conduct giving rise to the application occurred.
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Reproduced from Ontario e-Laws under the King's Printer for Ontario (Open Government Licence – Ontario). Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 — June 1, 2026 (consolidation period to November 27, 2025). Always confirm the current version on e-Laws. General information, not legal advice.