Eviction Reasons

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Reasons to Evict

You may be legally evicted under the TPA for the following reasons:

  • You have not paid your rent;
  • You have “persistently” paid your rent late. There is no definition of “persistently” ;so technically, after a very few times of paying your rent late, the landlord could apply to evict you;
  • Your landlord or certain members of your landlord’s family needs to live in your rental unit. This does not apply if the building is owned by a corporation;
  • A purchaser or immediate members of the purchaser’s family decides to move into your unit. This does not apply if the building has more than three units;
  • You commit illegal acts on the premises;
  • You or your guests “willfully or negligently” cause damage to the building;
  • You or a guest “substantially interferes with the reasonable enjoyment” of the building by other tenants or the landlord. This means such things as making a lot of noise, partying loudly late at night, etc.;
  • Your apartment has more people living in it on a regular basis than allowed by health, safety, or housing standards laws; and
  • You are a tenant in social housing and you misrepresent your income.

See Sections 51, 52, 61, 62, 63, and 64 of the TPA.

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