Protecting tenant rights is a central priority for MPP Suze Morrison. If you have questions about your tenant rights or need support, reach out to our office — we are here to help.
One of the best ways to secure your rights as a tenant is to form a tenants' association. MPP Morrison has supported tenant associations by introducing the St. James Town Act and the Rent Control Act. If you want to organize a tenants' association in your building, please reach out to our office and we will connect you to support and fellow tenant organizers.
Here are some critical resources to support you:
Organizing a Tenants' Association
- Talk to our office
- Tenant Organizing Best Practices Slides — courtesy of the 280 Wellesley St. E. Tenants' Association
- Tenant Survival Manual — Federation of Metro Tenant Associations
- Tenant Organizing Tips — Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network
- Tenant Organizing Manual — Community Legal Education Ontario
If you are facing harassment:
- Demand letter about harassment courtesy of Neighbourhood Legal Services
- Form for documenting harassment by your landlord courtesy of Neighbourhood Legal Services
- Steps to Justice — Online Guide to Tenant Rights in Ontario
- What Tenants Need to Know About the Law Guide — Community Legal Education Ontario
- Harassment and Discrimination Guide — Community Legal Education Ontario
- T2 — Application Form to the Landlord and Tenant Board About Your Tenant Rights
If you have problems with repairs and maintenance in your unit:
- Demand letter to your landlord about repairs and maintenance courtesy of Neighbourhood Legal Services
- Form for documenting incidents and communication with your landlord about repairs and maintenance courtesy of Neighbourhood Legal Services
- Steps to Justice — Online Guide About Repairs and Maintenance
- Pest Problems (mice, cockroaches, bedbugs) in Your Unit — Steps to Justice
- Repairs and Maintenance Guide — Community Legal Education Ontario
- T6 — Tenant Application Form About Maintenance
If you have problems with rent increases and evictions
- Web tool for tenants who are roommates and share rental housing costs — Community Legal Education Ontario
- Does your landlord want you to move out factsheet — Community Legal Education Ontario
- Fighting an Eviction — Community Legal Education Ontario
- Rent Increases — Community Legal Education Ontario
Organizations that can help you with your housing issues, or support your organizing
- If you live in Toronto Centre and need legal aid for housing issues — Neighbourhood Legal Services
- If you want to talk to someone on the phone familiar with tenant law, organizing, and issues — Federation of Metro Tenant Associations
- If you have questions that involve the Residential Tenancies Act or Landlord and Tenant Board — The Landlord and Tenant Board Contact Line
- If you have questions about your human rights and/or discrimination in housing — Human Rights Legal Support Centre
- If you live in St. James Town or need support with inclusive tenant organizing — St. James Town Community Corner
- If you need supportive housing related to mental health and addictions — The Access Point
- If you need to be moved into a long-term care home — City of Toronto Long Term Care Homes
- If you have housing problems, or are facing an eviction, and live in Toronto Centre, and identify as part of the mental health community — Sound Times
- If you need legal aid outside Toronto Centre — Legal Aid Ontario
- If you have housing problems and live in Toronto Community Housing — Toronto Community Housing Help
- If you are a senior with housing problems who cannot afford a lawyer — Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- If you have housing issues related to a disability or in which you require medical-related accommodation — Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
- If you believe your unit is not up to the City of Toronto's Health and Safety and/or Building Standards — Toronto 311 and RentSafeTO
- If you have questions or need support related to cooperative housing — Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada
- If you do not qualify for Legal Aid but need low-cost/free legal support related to housing — Downtown Legal Services
- If you are 2SLGBTQ and need support related to housing — The 519
- If you need help finding affordable housing — Woodgreen Community Services
Sign MPP Suze Morrison's Petition for the Rent Control Act
TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO:
WHEREAS the Ford government slashed rent control for new units;
WHEREAS Tenants are no longer protected from predatory increases of their rents;WHEREAS We have already seen landlords exempt from rent control increase tenants' rents by almost 25%;
THEREFORE WE, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to support MPP Suze Morrison's Private Member's Bill, the Rent Control Act, which aims to reverse the cuts to rent control made by the Ford government.