Guides
Most pages about renting state a rule and leave you to trust it. These explain how the process works, then hand you the tenancy authority for your province or state so you can confirm the rule yourself.
Not on their own. In every Canadian province and every US state, a landlord who wants you out and cannot get your agreement has to go through a tribunal or a court. A notice is not an eviction — it is the first step of a process you are allowed to answer.
Serve a valid written notice, wait out the notice period, then apply to your tenancy tribunal or court for an order. Skipping any of it — changing locks, removing belongings, cutting utilities — turns a case you were winning into one you lose, often with damages against you.
Ask in writing and keep a copy. If nothing happens, almost every jurisdiction lets you apply to a tenancy authority that can order the repair, order a rent reduction, or both. Withholding rent on your own is the one step that often backfires — check the rule where you live first.
A deposit is your money held for a specific purpose, not the landlord's to keep by default. Deductions generally have to be for real, itemised loss — and in some places a security deposit cannot be charged at all. Québec is the clearest example.
A rent increase almost always needs written notice, a minimum notice period, and a gap since the last one. Several places also cap the amount. An increase that skips any of those is frequently unenforceable — which is why the notice itself is the first thing to check.
Most trades lose money on admin and slow payment rather than on price. The work goes to whoever answers quickly, quotes clearly, and is easy to pay — and getting paid is mostly decided before the job starts, not after.