If your landlord is ignoring repairs, leaving you in unsafe conditions, or refusing to fix serious issues, the T6 is the form you use to ask the Landlord and Tenant Board for an order.
Quorex walks you through which form applies, where it is filed, what evidence supports it, and the deadlines that may apply to your situation.
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You file a T6 – Application About Maintenance when the landlord fails to:
The law requires landlords to always maintain the unit — even if your lease says otherwise.
You file a T6 when you are dealing with:
Even one ignored request is enough to file.
Describe the effect on them in your application, with dates and any medical notes.
If the Board finds that the landlord did not keep your unit or building in a good state of repair and fit to live in, or did not meet health, safety, housing or maintenance standards, it can order one or more of the following (Residential Tenancies Act, s. 30(1)). What it orders, and any amount, depends on the facts it finds.
An order that the landlord do specified repairs, replacements or other work within a set time.
A reduction of the rent for the period the problem affected.
Permission for a repair or replacement you have made or will make, with an order that the landlord pay you its cost.
The reasonable cost of repairing or replacing your belongings that were damaged because of the landlord's breach, and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses it caused you. Keep the receipts.
Where the breach is serious, an order stopping the landlord from raising your rent, or charging a new tenant more than you paid, until the work is finished.
In deciding what to order, the Board considers whether you told the landlord about the problem before you applied (s. 30(2)), so keep a copy of every repair request.
Take:
Consistency is key.
Email or text your landlord:
Keep a record of each request and the landlord's response or lack of one — the LTB looks at what was reported, when, and what the landlord did about it.
Example:
Jan 3 — Leak starts
Jan 5 — Emailed landlord, no reply
Jan 11 — Mold forming
Jan 14 — Called Property Standards
A timeline like this shows the Board what you reported, when, and what the landlord did about it.
An inspector's report is an independent record of the problem and the date it was seen:
Examples:
Everything should be claimed.
File a T2 + T6 combo when:
This combo increases remedies dramatically.
You can:
The form asks for:
Include:
Upload:
Email is accepted.
What the LTB commonly looks for:
Typical timelines:
Filing early is your best advantage.
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Start Your T6 ApplicationNo. An inspector's report is an independent record of the problem and the date it was seen.
Yes. The Board can order a rent abatement for the period the problem lasted, even if it has since been fixed, as long as you apply within one year (Residential Tenancies Act, s. 29(2)).
Yes — they must prove tenant-caused damage.
Yes. Describe how the problem affected everyone in your household, with dates and any medical notes.
Yes. Many tenants represent themselves at the LTB.
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