have you ever been taken by a tenant or worse a government agency. As a landlord I have watched others and myself suffer at the hands of tenants all using the tenant tribunal and thier use of government politics to get around providing the monies agreed to in a the initial contract. With constant changing by-laws landlords in some small towns in the quinte region are subject to all kinds of charges such as water and sewer even if the tenant signed an agreement to pay thier own utilities. It seems like some companies allow individuals to get away with stealing from landlords to save themselves from having to do any follow-up. It also seems like some members of our society are fully aware of thier privaleges and make no attempt to take responsibility for thier actions. That is why we at landlordconnections.com like prepaidlegalservices "justice for all" at least gives landlords the sense that they have somewhere to go for help at a reasonable rate of service. For once the middle income earners have access to helpful services that is not trying to take them for every penny they have.

landlordconnections.com would like to see the workers at ontario works take responsibility for not ensuring landlords are paid thier rents, when agreements are made to house thier clients as long as rent is paid directly to the landlord. We hear countless stories especially in the quinte region of ontario works agreeing to pay landlords the rent directly initially and then turning around when they decide some landlords should get thier rent while other landlords should not. It seems like discrimination. Landlords were so upset and so hurt by ontario works not paying the landlord that many have had to sell thier properties which ultimetly leads to a shortfall of low income housing especially in the rural areas. Ontario works workers should not discriminate but should ensure housing is always paid for to provide on going support to thier clients. Its almost as if these workers try to spite some individuals in the communities.

landlordconnections.com is always interested in ways the goverment throws around its weight. Recently landlordconnections.com was told a story of a tenant who is a chain smoker, the tenant recently got custody of a family minor. The tenant was new in the area and shortly after moving in the tenant began complaining about a series of things wrong with the unit. The landlord quickly rectified the matters and was just about to complete the work when the tenant threatened that the childrens aid was going to contact the landlord about whatever work was outstanding. what bothered the landlord was that in thier attempt to please this tenant who was provided with a low income housing unit, the landlords purchased unusable equiptment from the tenants relative, which cost the landlord thousands of dollars and now to be told the landlord was going to hear from the c.a.s was really disturbing the landlord quickly put the property up for sale. There was no mention of the c.a.s being concerned about the cigarette smoke this poor child was subjected to daily.