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Re: Board

Posted by Wendy on 4/4/2009, 5:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Board"

I would never ever trust the LTB. The only number I trust to get honest accurate tenant legal info is the tenant hotline 416-921-9494. --Previous Message-- : : I agree that something has to make the board : more expedious, especially for maintenance : stuff and harassment. : : I sometimes peek over at landlord sites to : see what they are talking about to get an : inside edge, and someone real vulgar cut and : pasted your exact message to the landlord : board to antagonize the posters over there. : They also posted some real crude stuff and : mentioned our tenant organization in the : same breath as the vulgarities. : The internet address is : : //members7.boardhost/landlordontario/index.html : : Bad, bad tenant posting there. : : --Previous Message-- : The Landlord and Tenant Board needs to be : overhauled. : : It is horrendous and clearly works for the : landlords if you have ever seen their : rulings. : : Either they need to be scrapped and replaced : by real courts or have a hearings and : oversight committee that includes tenant : advocates from the Federation of Metro : Tenants Associations and ACTO to review any : new adjudicators being hired and complaints : against adjudicators to stop the prejudice. : : A disproportionate number of the : adjudicators come from the real estate : industry or were landlord lawyers and this : must end to stop the extreme bias against : us. : : :

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Message Thread: Board - Pauline 3/18/2009, 8:47 am Re: Board - Joanne Lynes 4/21/2009, 1:25 pm Re: Board - Liana 3/23/2009, 10:10 pm Re: Board - Wendy 4/4/2009, 5:23 pm « Back to thread

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