6.4 Ending a Tenancy - Review
- If you have a month-to-month agreement, you can end your tenancy by giving your landlord one full month notice in writing.
- If you have a fixed-term tenancy, you are generally not allowed to move out early unless you:
- have reached an agreement with your landlord
- have assigned or sublet your tenancy
- are leaving because your landlord has breached a material term
- are fleeing family violence, or
- are moving into a long-term care facility.
- There are three main types of eviction notices
- 10 Day Notice for Non-Payment of Rent
- One Month Notice for Cause, and
- Two Month Notice for Landlord Use of Property.
- Deadlines to challenge eviction notices through dispute resolution can be very short. For a 10 Day Eviction Notice, you have 5 days to apply for dispute resolution; for a One Month Eviction Notice, you have 10 days; and for a Two Month Eviction Notice, you have 15 days.
- A Writ of Possession gives the landlord the right to hire a court-approved bailiff to legally remove a tenant and their possessions from a rental unit.
- At the end of your tenancy, you are expected to do a reasonably thorough clean of your rental unit and participate in a move-out condition inspection report.
- Once your tenancy has officially ended and you have provided your forwarding address in writing, your landlord has 15 days to do one of three things:
- Return your deposit
- Get your written consent to keep some or all of your deposit
- Apply for dispute resolution to keep some or all of your deposit
- If your landlord does not follow this proper procedure, you can go after them for double the amount of the deposit.
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