Accepting a co=signer is a very risky propasition for a landlord as neither party really has a fiduciary relationship (the tenant isnt really responsible fort the premises and the payer lives elsewhere...). I woulsd advise any landlord not to accept a co-signer due to the risks. In addition, if the tenant is in s...
There are other issues with cosigners that affect tenants and landlords negatively but adjudicators nullifying their financial guarantees is the primary reason that landlords avoid them.
No, it doesn't work that way. A co-signer is someone who agrees to be named as 'tenant' on a lease, as an additional party who is responsible for the full performance of the lease. The lease is drafted naming each party as 'tenant,' as if both parties will be occupying the premises.
Cosigners may live in the apartment or not (roommates named in the lease are technically cosigners) and share equal responsibility for the lease's requirements for the duration of the lease. A guarantor usually must live outside the apartment because they aren't considered a tenant.
A landlord usually requires that everyone who is living in a rental unit be named on the lease. Landlords have the right to know how many people and who are living in the rental unit. This information is important to ensuring that: the landlord meets Minimum Housing and Health Standards and.
Under s. 10 of the Residential Tenancies Act, and under Regulation 290/98 of the Ontario Human Rights Code, landlords are permitted to use a limited set of criteria when selecting prospective tenants – none of which include how many people will be sharing bedrooms.
No, you don't have to be a tenant. Your boyfriend can be the tenant. In Ontario, landlords aren't allowed to deny tenants the right to bring in additional occupants, assuming its not an unsafe number of people.
The entire tenancy cannot be terminated in that way. In any case, ALL parties must agree to terminate the whole tenancy. Edited to add: The form to give the landlord in a case of domestic abuse would be an N15.
The short answer is yes, but it's more complicated when there is no written lease in place. As with all evictions, landlords must provide proper notice to quit before they begin a formal eviction process.