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Maintenaince and Repairs

Your landlord must provide and maintain your unit in a good state of repair and fit for habitation. He or she must ensure that your unit complies with health, safety, housing and maintenance standards. Your landlord must repair anything that doesn't work properly or breaks as a result of reasonable wear and tear.

If you or your guest damage or break anything on purpose or through negligence, you are responsible for repairing it or paying to have it fixed. Check with the Legal Centre if your unit needs maintenance or repairs and you aren't sure who is responsible.

If there is a problem with your unit, talk to your landlord and ask him or her to have it fixed. If this doesn't work, write a letter asking the landlord to fix the problem. Keep a copy of any letters you send, and take photos of the things that need repairing. Keep notes if you speak to your landlord showing the date and what you talked about.

If your landlord still does not fix the problem, DO NOT stop paying part or all of your rent. You could be evicted for not paying your rent.

Contact the Peterborough Community Legal Centre for advice. The Legal Centre can give you advice on whom to call to get action. They may also help you make an application to the Landlord Tenant Board. The Board can order the landlord to fix the problem and can order the landlord to pay you some money. The Legal Centre can also help you make an application to the Landlord Tenant Board to move out early if you are having serious problems with the landlord or the unit.