Reference no: EM133373382
1. What is the full name and citation of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006? How many regulations are there and what are they about?
2. In responding to a landlord and tenant complaint, the officer must bear in mind that his or her purpose is to preserve the peace and refer people to the appropriate agency. What agencies are involved in settling this type of dispute?
3. If the landlord has turned off the heat, can the officer arrest the landlord and force the heat to be turned on?
4. A landlord has seized a tenant's guitar and refuses to return it until two months of back rent is paid. Is he or she allowed to hold the property until the arrears are paid?
5. Where a tenant pays rent by the month, how much notice is the landlord required to give if he or she wishes the property to be vacated?
6. A landlord wonders if there is any damage to his or her property after hearing some noises in a young tenant's apartment the night before. Is the landlord allowed to enter the premises to inspect it while the tenant is at school?
7. A tenant with rent in arrears moves out during the night. The landlord wants the premises cleaned and rented out to a new tenant as soon as possible. The tenant has left a fridge, a stove, and some personal possessions. The landlord wants to know if the fridge and stove can be sold or rented out with the apartment. What is your advice?
8. The same landlord wants to throw out the personal property left behind by the tenant. Can he or she do this?
9. The landlord looks at the ceiling of a basement apartment and sees a water stain forming. It is obviously water from the apartment above, and that tenant is away on holiday. What can the landlord do?
10. A tenant has had a dispute with the landlord in the past and has changed the locks on the apartment door. The landlord heard about the lock change from another tenant and challenged the occupant. What advice will you give to the landlord and tenant?
11. You respond to a dispute between a landlord and tenant concerning the use of hydro. You find out that the tenant occupies the top floor of a house but shares the kitchen with the owner. Do the provisions of the RTA apply to either the landlord or the tenant?