tenancy: Joint Tenancy and Tenants in Common ~ Share Difference - 08/01/11 01:16 PM

Ontario Real Estate Source
By Brian Madigan LL.B.
A share in a property as a joint tenant is considered quite differently from a share as a tenant in common.
For a joint tenant, there is one share in the whole property, not two! A joint share cannot be conveyed. However, it can be severed. The title is then held as tenants in common.
For tenants in common, there are two shares, and one of them can be sold.
So, the technical response to the question: “can you sell a share held in joint tenancy”, would be “no”. … (5 comments)

tenancy: Evicting Tenants with Pets in Ontario - 07/25/11 02:42 PM

Evicting Tenants with Pets in Ontario
Ontario Real Estate Source
By Brian Madigan LL.B.
Are tenants allowed pets? And, if they have them, can you evict them?
Have a look at the relevant provision under the Residential Tenancies Act:
“No pet” provisions void
"14.  A provision in a tenancy agreement prohibiting the presence of animals in or about the residential complex is void."
So, any clause in a residential lease under the Act would be void.
What about boisterous, unruly and objectionable pets? Can a landlord terminate the lease?
Have look at s, 76 of the Act:
 
"Application based on … (5 comments)

 
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