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Originally Posted by Traum
I don't have an explanation for you or for any landlords at all, other than the bulk of the RTA is retarded and retardedly biased towards the tenants. Protection for the landlord is minimal, and every new revision strips away yet more rights from the landlord. It is hardly surprising when property owners don't want to lease their units.
I don't have any good recommendations for you for your situation at hand, but in the future should you feel like being a landlord again, I would strongly recommend against having a tenant on month-to-month lease. When you do that, you are practically giving away one of your last tools to evict a tenant. Always have them sign a fixed term lease. That way, you know your committment is always limited to a specific duration, and you'd at least have a fighting chance to kick a tenant out in a timely manner, or a stronger defence should you take any matter to court.
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The free month is supposed to be compensation for the costs and hassle of having to find a new place and moving.
I don't know about this 17 million dollar-house-selling tenant of meme405's, but for most tenants having to pack up and move brings hardship in finances, time and sometimes emotion (especially in the rental market today).
The RTA is not retardedly biased towards tenants, there are many protections for landlords written into it. The problem is shitty amateur landlords that don't read and don't know how to properly use the act, then act all surprised when a tenant actually pushes their rights.
"IT'S MY PROPERTY I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANT WAHH WAHH WAHH!"
This isn't fucking serfdom. A landlord, when they offer their property for rent, is agreeing to give up some rights for use of their property to their tenant as set forth by the RTA. Landlords can't just make their own rules.
The fixed term lease move-out clause will be closed by the government, unfortunately this is another one that LANDLORDS abused. If those landlords weren't so fucking greedy that used it as a means to jack rents sky high, then maybe it wouldn't be an issue.
Point is, there's shitty people on both sides. Landlords and tenants. Don't act like every landlord is a saint and woe is them.