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 "an access point for tenants looking for basic information And referrals to community partners"
9:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday
tenanted@housinghelpcentre.ca anytime.

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Hamilton Tenant Education Project

The Hamilton Tenant Education Project (HTEP) is an initiative of the Solutions for Housing Action Committee (SHAC). The goal of the project is to help people find and maintain affordable rental housing
by providing tenants with needed information about how to find rental accommodation, how to start tenant associations and how to enforce their rights.


Public Education

Housing Search Maintenance/Repairs and Safety Eviction
- Subsidized Housing
- Private Market Housing
- Deciding Housing Needs
- Where to Look
- Talking to Landlords
- What to Look For
- Deposits
- Leases
- Supportive Housing
- Property Standards
- Procedure
- Making an application to Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (OLTB)
- Health/Building/Fire Department
- When is the Tenant Responsible
 
- Legal Reasons For
- Procedure
- Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (OLTB)
- Mediation
Tenant Associations Harassment/Discrimination Other
- What is a Tenant Association
- Benefits
- Successes in Hamilton
- How to Start
- During Housing Search
- While a Tenant Situation
- Privacy
- Dealing With OHRC
- Current Housing Situation
- Budgeting
 

Tenant Association

The Hamilton Tenant Education Project (HTEP) will support existing tenant associations as well as work to organize new associations in buildings where there is interest.

Last Revised July 31, 2009