This is part of a series of webinars we’re running all May long. Check out the other events here!
We’ve just posted a recording of Celia Chandler’s webinar, “Community living in the time of COVID-19: navigating the law.” Check it out below.
Continue reading “Community living in the time of COVID-19: navigating the law”
We know that COVID-19 has brought new challenges, including many legal ones. We know too that the old legal challenges are all still there. Finally, we know that organizers of all in-person conferences and workshops have cancelled them for the foreseeable future. The need to learn, however, has not stopped.
We’re here to help.
Join us in May every Wednesday at noon for a free legal webinar series. Continue reading “Free legal webinar series – every Wednesday in May”
As of April 2, 2020, the Landlord and Tenant Tribunal updated their website forms section to include the Request for Urgent Hearing Motion Form and Instructions for the Request for Urgent Motion Form. These forms are available to assist landlords, co-operatives and tenants in the event that a hearing is urgently required; for example:
The form includes a textbox where the applicant can provide details to support their request. An applicant should be aware that if they do not provide enough details of their request it may be denied. Supporting details include:
UPDATE: Video of this workshop is online now. View it above or on YouTube here.
Iler Campbell lawyer, Safia Lakhani, will be participating in a free webinar this Tuesday at 7pm titled “What next? Navigating your employment & housing rights in COVID-19.” Continue reading “Free webinar: tenant and employee rights in COVID-19”
UPDATE Aug 5, 2020: See the latest info here.
Update: the LTB has updated their website forms section to include the Request for Urgent Hearing Motion Form and Instructions for the Request for Urgent Motion Form. See our update for full details.
You may have heard that the LTB has suspended hearings related to eviction applications as well as the issuance of eviction orders. A recently posted update on their website clarifies that while they’re not hearing arrears or N5 or N5C applications, they will continue to hear serious cases in which an N6, N6C, N7 or N7C was served. It is not entirely clear from the update whether they will be proceeding with all of these applications or just those that they deem to be urgent.
We will continue to post updates on our blog as they become available. Continue reading “Some helpful clarifications from the LTB regarding evictions”
This article was first published on rabble.ca
The first cases of COVID-19 are suspected to have occurred in Wuhan, China late last year. A few short months later, it has had far reaching and devastating consequences for economies around the world. Along with the loss of regular social contact and increasing uncertainty in employment, some will be at risk of losing access to housing. While several international treaties recognize housing as a human right, few governments have enacted domestic laws that ensure access to adequate housing for all citizens. In the midst of this global pandemic, calls for social distancing and sheltering in place are meaningless without access to shelter. Continue reading “Housing in the time of COVID-19”
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