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Part III - Responsibilities of Landlords

s.20: Landlord's Responsibility to Repair - (1) A landlord is responsible for providing and maintaining a residential complex, including the rental units in it, in a good state of repair and fit for habitation and for complying with health, safety, housing, and maintenance standards. (2) Subsection (1) applies even if the tenant was aware of a state of non-repair or a contravention of a standard before entering into the tenancy agreement.

Tenancy Agreements s.12 RTA:
(1) NAME AND ADDRESS IN WRITTEN AGREEMENT - Every written tenancy agreement entered into on or after June 17, 1998 shall set out the legal name and address of the landlord to be used for the purpose of giving notices or other documents under this Act.

(2) COPY OF TENANCY AGREEMENT - If a tenancy agreement entered into on or after June 17, 1998 is in writing, the landlord shall give a copy of the agreement, signed by the landlord and the tenant, to the tenant within 21 days after the tenant signs it and gives it to the landlord.

(3) NOTICE IF AGREEMENT NOT IN WRITING - If a tenancy agreement entered into on or after June 17, 1998 is not in writing, the landlord shall within 21 days after the tenancy begins, give to the tenant written notice of the legal name and address of the landlord to be used for giving notices and other documents under this Act.

(4) FAILURE TO COMPLY - Until a landlord has complied with subsection (1) and (2), or with subsection (3), as the case may be,

(a) the tenant's obligation to pay rent is suspended; and
(b) the landlord shall not require the tenant to pay rent,

(5) AFTER COMPLIANCE - After the landlord has complied with subsections (1) and (2), or with subsection (3), as the case may be, the landlord may require the tenant to pay any rent withheld by the tenant under subsection (4).