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Keep a roof tonight
Shelter intake, 211, family spaces, violence exits, and Housing First — housing first, not after you prove you are ready.
Ontario desk · Housing First
Housing is not a favour. It is a human right.
This standalone Ontario site is built for people facing eviction, discrimination, family homelessness, or a locked door. It organizes tenant law, the Human Rights Code, and emergency housing pathways so you can act tonight — and stay housed tomorrow.
Four doors. Pick the one that matches today.
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Name the discrimination
Family status, disability, race, social assistance, pregnancy, age 16–17 living independently. The Code has primacy.
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Use the tenancy statute
Rent guideline, last-month deposit only, repairs, 24-hour entry, illegal lockouts, LTB applications.
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Protect the household
Children are not a nuisance clause. Adult-only buildings are generally unlawful. Families belong in housing.
Rights, organized the way a crisis actually unfolds
Money & the lease
Rent, deposits, 2026/2027 guideline
Standard lease & illegal terms
RGI, subsidies, service managers
The unit itself
Repairs & vital services
Privacy & landlord entry
Safety, locks, harassment
When they try to end it
Notices vs. Board orders
LTB, T2, T6, hearings
After a lock or an order
This year’s rent numbers
Ontario’s published guideline is 2.1% for increases that take effect in 2026 and 1.9% for increases that take effect in 2027. Ninety days’ written notice on the proper form is still required for most guideline increases. Units first occupied after 15 November 2018 are often exempt from the guideline.
Housing First, in one paragraph
Housing First means a person gets a home without first passing a sobriety, treatment, or “readiness” test. Supports are offered, not forced. Rights under the Human Rights Code and the Housing Services Act are not extras. They are the floor. This site is written that way on purpose.