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Broken Lease due to assault
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mdelaney Posts: 1
Posted On: 1/11/2017
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My daughter rents a room with two other (male) students. It has been problematic since day one. Yesterday, an argument lead to assault. She no-longer feels safe and she has moved-out. The landlord refuses to return any portion of her rent and will not refund her "last-months-rent". What rights does she have? Who can she contact in the Ottawa area.
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Moderator Moderator Posts: 4075
Posted On: 1/12/2017
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Hello,
Thank you for sharing your daughter's situation and question with us.
We can appreciate that you would be very concerned about this situation.
It is best that you or your daughter contact the nearest Community Legal Clinic for some advice.
You mentioned that she is in the Ottawa area. You can find the nearest Community Legal Clinic here.
You can also find some additional information on new changes to the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) that allow a tenant to break a lease in situations of violence or abuse in this article posted on the YourLegalRights.on.ca website.
However, as stated in the article, generally, it applies in the following circumstances:
The lease may be broken if the tenant or the tenant’s child has experienced or is experiencing any of the above types of violence or abuse by one of the following:
- a spouse or former spouse;
- a person living with the tenant in a conjugal relationship outside marriage;
- a person who the tenant is or was dating; or
- a person who lives with the tenant and is related by blood, marriage or adoption to the tenant or a child who lives with the tenant.
As it may not apply in the situation you have mentioned, it is important that you or your daughter contact the nearest Community Legal Clinic for some advice.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.
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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
Settlement.Org
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