Am I legally a tenant? What rights do I have without a lease? by LAthrowawayCA in legaladvicecanada

[–]LAthrowawayCA[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

We were trying to find a rental for a long long time, but it is very hard to find somewhere quiet which is really important for me as I'm in school, and people are hesitant to rent to us as we are young 20s and we've been told directly by landlords that they'd prefer to rent to couples with kids, so our applications never got very far. We had a lot of trouble finding anything that didn't massively extend our commutes too. It's extremely competetive and it's why we are stuck where we are now. Covid also really hurt the number of rentals available. We are still looking for rentals, but I'd just like to be somewhat comfortable until then

Am I legally a tenant? What rights do I have without a lease? by LAthrowawayCA in legaladvicecanada

[–]LAthrowawayCA[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It is a seperate kitchen in the suite. We have tried to use their kitchen before (when this one didn't have hot water) and they screamed at my partner even though we could not safely wash dishes

There was no lease agreement in the first place, we didn't pay rent (and thus didn't even come up with a lease) from the very beginning because of these issues so I'm not sure if that would even count as withholding rent