Ontario property owners and renters trying to resolve their issues through the province's Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) have been doomed to months …
Ontario property owners and renters trying to resolve their issues through the province's Landlord and Tenant Board have been doomed to months of waiting over the last few years — sometimes citing "excruciatingly long" delays at what has become a generally "moribund" organization, residents are now demanding further action from the provincial government.
"These prolonged waiting times for hearings at the LTB have created a dire situation for tenants and landlords alike," the "Tenants and landlords in a state of distress and financial instability as they wait for hearings that can take between four to eight months to be scheduled. The ramifications of these delays extend far beyond mere inconvenience, impacting the lives and livelihoods of many Ontarians.
All of this has the end goal of ensuring "fair and timely" hearings, as the LTB should offer, but has in many ways failed to for the last five years.in February, "the LTB has been failing badly since 2019, when the current Government began removing its experienced adjudicators and moved the LTB under the leadership of Tribunals Ontario, a mega-cluster of tribunals."
"Despite increased funding and more staff and more adjudicators than ever before, the delays remain crushing and the number of cases resolved each year has continued to drop.
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