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• I have issues with my landlord but don�t have a lot of money to take him to court. What can I do?
• Can the local government take action against a landlord who does not look after property?
• What kinds of actions can be reported to a regional health authority?
• I have made repairs to my apartment at my own expense. The lease states that my landlord was to do these repairs but he ignored this, even when I told him. How can I recover the money I have spent?
• I am having a problem with ants in my apartment. I have told my landlord several times, but he has not done anything about it. Is there anything I can do?
• Under the terms of my residential tenancy agreement, my landlady agreed to carry out repairs to all the appliances and the plumbing. Two weeks ago, the refrigerator stopped working. I complained immediately, but still no one has come to look at it. Can I use some of my rent money to get someone to fix the refrigerator?
• For the last two weeks, there has been renovation work going on in my apartment building. I work at home a lot during the day and find it very loud. My tenancy agreement states that my landlord would not disturb my peaceful enjoyment of the premises. Is there anything I can do about this?
• I have reported a problem with my landlord to the local Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board. It said that it could mediate the problem for me. What is mediation?
• How do I start a court action  ?
• What happens after I have given the court forms to the landlord?
• My landlord has served me with a claim for loss of rent (I left a fixed-term tenancy before the term was finished) and for the cost of damage to the property. The papers say it is a Civil Claim in Provincial Court. What should I do?

see also: Enforcing Court Orders, Landlord Obligations, Landlord Offences under RTA

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