Housing is not gold. Housing is a human right.
Guided pathways, print-only letters, and a rights desk for people facing eviction, homelessness, discrimination, or a locked door. Housing comes first. Supports are chosen, not required. Rights under the Human Rights Code cannot be signed away.
- Nothing about a person is stored. Print or Save as PDF. Closing the browser deletes the worksheet.
- A bed tonight is a safety right, not a behaviour test.
- The Code prevails unless another Act expressly says otherwise (s. 47).
Start with the situation
All 22 pathwaysUnpaid rent — N4 and L1
Your landlord says you owe rent and is trying to end the tenancy.
Other eviction notices — N5, N6, N7, N8, N12, N13
Your landlord gave a notice that is not (only) about unpaid rent.
Illegal lockout, padlocks, and “self-help” eviction
You were locked out, the locks were changed, or your things were removed without an LTB order.
Maintenance and repairs — T6 pathway
The unit is in disrepair, infested, or unsafe, and the landlord is not fixing it.
Tenant rights — T2 pathway
Harassment, illegal entry, withheld services, substantial interference, or retaliation.
Money the landlord owes — T1 pathway
A rebate of money collected illegally, a deposit that was not applied, or other money owing to you.
N12 own-use and bad faith — T5 notes
They said they (or a purchaser) needed the unit. You suspect that is not true, or they never moved in.
Housing discrimination — pathway to the HRTO
You were refused housing, evicted, harassed, or denied a benefit because of a Code ground.
Duty to accommodate — request letter
You need a change to a rule, a unit, a process, or a timeline because of a Code ground.
Print-only toolkit
Open the toolkitEviction-response clock
Orient N4–N13 timelines. Use the date on your notice. Raise Code accommodation before anyone loses keys.
RTA coverage checker
Shared kitchen, care home, co-op, social housing, refugee housing — does the Residential Tenancies Act apply?
Rent, 30%, RGI and gap calculator
Affordability math for case notes. Not a rent offer. Print the numbers.
Benefits planner
OW, ODSP, COHB, CSUMB, CCB, EI, CPP, rent banks — a print-only checklist.
Document checklists
RGI, SPP, eviction bag, move-in day, hearing binder, income maximization.
Rights-based case plan
Goal in the person’s words. Rights in play. Housing, income, safety, accommodation, who does what.
Rights-based SWOT
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats — without turning gaps into housing conditions.
Need rubric
A planning aid. Not SPDAT. Not a reason to delay housing.
A human rights approach names who is responsible to whom.
Persons experiencing housing precarity do not have to justify needing a home. Barriers belong to the system, not the person.
Human Rights Code
Housing, public assistance, disability, family status. Duty to accommodate. Primacy, s. 47.
Residential Tenancies Act
Notices, repairs, illegal lockouts, LTB applications. Eviction is an order, not a padlock.
Housing Services Act
Forty-seven service managers. RGI, SPP, homelessness intake as a public duty.
HRTO pathway
One year. HRLSC. Housing discrimination is not “just an LTB issue.”
AODA / IASR
Accessible service is a duty. The Code still does the heavier lift on accommodation.
Housing First
Immediate housing. Choice. Harm reduction. No readiness test.
Directory
Clinics, Homeless Hub, Homelessness Learning Hub, Canada Without Poverty, A Way Home, the Observatory, 211, tribunals, and the 47 service managers.
Need a person, not a PDF?
EmergencyHousing.CA also does housing-based case management, tenant advocacy, and limited agent work under LSO rules. Staff carry the system. The person carries the choices.
This site is general information for Ontario. It is not legal advice and not a determination by the LTB, HRTO, a service manager, or EmergencyHousing.CA. Confirm current forms, fees, and statutes. If you are in danger, call 911.