Glossary - Housing Law
In Housing Law
A mediated agreement is an agreement that a landlord and a tenant make with the help of a Board mediator. It is a way to settle a case without the Board making the decision. A mediated agreement can give the landlord the right to ask the Board for an eviction order later without telling the tenant. It can also take away other rights that landlords and tenants cannot give up in any other way.
In Debt and Consumer Rights, Employment and Work, Housing Law, Human Rights
In mediation, people who don’t agree on something meet with someone called a mediator. The mediator tries to help them find a solution that they agree on.
A mediator does not make decisions or force anyone to agree to anything. If people make an agreement after mediation, they either:
- won’t need to have a hearing at a court or tribunal, where a judge or adjudicator decides for them, or
- will only need a hearing about the things they still don’t agree on.
In Housing Law
A month-to-month tenancy is a rental agreement that does not have a fixed term and where the tenant pays rent each month. It is sometimes called a monthly tenancy. This is the most common kind of periodic tenancy. It automatically renews every month unless the landlord or the tenant takes legal steps to end it.
In Housing Law
A monthly tenancy is a rental agreement that does not have a fixed term and where the tenant pays rent each month. It is sometimes called a month-to-month tenancy. This is the most common kind of periodic tenancy. It automatically renews every month unless the landlord or the tenant takes legal steps to end it.
In Housing Law
Usually refers to a document or form that is used to tell someone of a legal step you are taking. Sometimes it refers to the amount of time between telling them and something happening. For example, a tenant can end their tenancy by giving their landlord a certain number of days’ notice. And they can do this by giving their landlord a form called a Tenant’s Notice to End the Tenancy.
In Housing Law
A Notice of Termination is a form that a landlord or tenant uses when either wants to end their tenancy agreement. There are different types of notices, with different numbers like N4 and N5. The notices that landlords use usually have titles that start with “Notice to End Your Tenancy …”.
In Housing Law
Not Sufficient Funds (NSF) means that a person wrote a cheque but did not have enough money in their bank account to cover the cheque. When this happens, the bank usually charges extra fees to both the person who wrote the cheque and the person the cheque was payable to. NSF cheques are sometimes called “bounced” cheques.
In Housing Law
The decision of a court or tribunal. Usually an order tells someone they must do something. For example, an order of the Landlord and Tenant Board could say a tenant must move out by a certain date, or it might say that a landlord must repair something or lower the rent.
In Abuse and Family Violence, Criminal Law, Family Law, Housing Law
A peace bond is a court order from a criminal court that requires a person to “keep the peace and be of good behaviour”. The peace bond may also contain other conditions the person must follow. For example, if you are named in a peace bond, you may be required to follow a “no contact” condition.
