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A sublet is where a tenant with a fixed term lease moves out of the rental unit, lets another person live in it for a period of time, but returns to live in the unit before the lease ends.
In a sublet, the lease, and the landlord to tenant relationship, remains in effect. The tenant must continue to pay rent, and comply with all other tenant duties.
The tenant also becomes a landlord, to the subtenant, and must comply with all landlord duties.
A sublet is not created when a tenant takes in a roommate, and the first tenant is not the landlord of the roommate.
A tenant must have their landlord’s approval to sublet. If a tenant has found a potential subtenant, the landlord must have a good reason for refusing to approve that person.
A tenant who is a superintendent, or lives in subsidized, non-profit or public housing, cannot sublet.
The landlord of a care home can refuse to approve a sublet if the proposed subtenant is not eligible to be a resident of that home.
Termination by a landlord
A landlord can terminate a tenancy only for reasons allowed by the Tenant Protection Act.
A landlord must first tell a tenant in writing when they want the tenant to move out, regardless of the reason, by giving them a Notice to Terminate a Tenancy.
A notice to terminate used by a landlord must be in the proper form, which is available from the Tribunal.
Termination for cause
Some of the reasons allowed by the Act relate to the tenant’s behaviour or actions or that of their guests. These include:
not paying the rent in full,
often paying the rent late,
illegal activity,
affecting the safety of others,
disturbing the enjoyment of other tenants or the landlord,
allowing too many people to live in the rental unit ("overcrowding"),
not reporting income in subsidized housing.更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net