Resource collection

Talking About Homelessness

Social Planning Toronto and community activist Diana Chan McNally have produced a messaging guide to help organizations:

• develop strong, positive messaging on homelessness and shelters
• create presentations, workshops, media, social media, and stakeholder communications

Asking landlords for accommodation

Recorded on October 15, 2025

Learn how to support clients to ask for an accommodation from their landlord.

This session covers:

• what the law says about the rights of tenants
• what housing accommodation is and why it matters
• how to ask a landlord for accommodation
• situations when a landlord may not be able to...

Renovation Rights Assessment Tool

Landlords in Toronto must now get a Rental Renovation License before starting repairs or renovations that require tenants to move out of their units. This new by-law came into effect July 31, 2025.

Renters can use the Renovation Rights Assessment Tool to learn about their rights and connect with resources.

The Ontario Renter’s Guide

The Canadian Centre for Housing Rights has created the Ontario Renter’s Guide to help tenants understand their rights:

• when they move into their unit
• while they’re living there
• when they move out

The right to housing in Canada

Recorded on August 13, 2025

Canadian and international laws say that housing is a human right. But many Canadians are not aware of this. Or do not know how to claim this right. As a result, people from marginalized communities continue to face serious challenges in accessing safe and affordable housing.

The Federal Housing Advocate and the...

Tenant’s rights series

Waterloo Region Community Legal Services has a series of videos on tenants' rights.

The Journey to Housing Stability for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

ACTO's Your Way Forward report explores survivors' journeys navigating the housing legal system in Ontario, identifies key barriers they face along their journey, and calls for urgently needed specialized services and policy changes to increase their access to justice and housing stability.

Know Your Rights: Printable Resources for Ontario Renters

Know your rights: Rental Housing Basics, a series of fact sheets on Ontario housing law. Topics include human rights, preventing eviction, repairs and maintenance, and record keeping for tenants. All are in English, and some are also in French, simplified Chinese, Hindi, Persian, and Spanish.

Toronto’s rules for Multi-Tenant Houses (Rooming Houses)

This resource offers a range of practical information about multi-tenant housing (rooming houses) that can be useful for tenants in Toronto and for service providers who support these tenants.

Locataires informé.e.s : Droits et obligations en Ontario

Enregistré le 22 mai 2025

Êtes-vous travailleurs communautaires? Êtes-vous locataire en Ontario ou envisagez de le devenir? Ce webinaire est fait pour vous ! Rejoignez le Centre d'information juridique de l'Ontario et CLEO pour une session interactive et informative où nous explorerons en profondeur les droits et obligations des locataires en...