Canada

I'm having a pang of guilty conscience...I've been essentially living rent free in Toronto for the past 3 years after learning about the new landlord and tenant board legislation. Basically I have to move every 4-8 months but I'm a minimalist so it's fine. Essentially I find dumps run by dumb landlords who let me in without last month's rent. Sometimes I can get away with paying half of first. I still haven't had to use any sort of Housing Retention services which could pay my first and last for me.

Once I get the keys I move in and don't pay rent. They call and I make promises to pay but never do. The really dumb ones won't send me a notice of eviction for 1 or sometimes 2 months. After that I still don't move out so they have to figure out how to proceed legally. I always tell them "I know my rights!!" with indignation when they get upset with me for not paying. Meanwhile I make promises, sometimes I even throw them a hundred bucks here and there to string them along. So then eventually I get called up for a hearing with the landlord & tenant board which is usually set a month or so after they apply for it. So by this point it's been 2-4 months paying only first months rent if that. It really depends how gullible the landlord is.

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Once I'm at the hearing I try and plead for a mediation agreement. During mediation I try to argue about the amount owing and make a deal. Sometimes they go for this, sometimes we go straight in front of the adjudicator. Either way I am prepared. In meditations I talk about how I got a new job coming up and I'll be able to pay everything soon. If we go in front of the adjudicator I usually bring pictures of the apartment showing mold, maintenance issues, etc. Last time I got about half of my arrears deducted, and I made an agreement to pay by a certain time. I never do pay, then I try to string the landlord along a bit longer. Eventually the figure out the next steps, and I get a notice to vacate from the Sheriff (usually a month later). Because I am on ODSP (social anxiety) my income cannot be garnished and I essentially get off scotfree.

While I do feel guilty I find it is more the fault of the lawyers and judges and activists that come up with this crap. In the last 3 years I've had to move only 6 times and I've realistically only payed about 4-5 months worth of rent in total. Only one landlord really seemed like he knew what he was doing and got me out in 4 months. I never have had a landlord try and come after me to collect arrears.

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cringe but redpilled

aren't you worried that they will figure out what you have been doing and then charge you with fraud?

Good for you. Landlords and property owners are scum and deserve any bullshit that happens to them. Im going to look up the laws here and try the same thing.

kill yourself
kek if you try that with me i'll tip off all of the other landlords in town and you'll be homeless. We keep in contact and blacklist all of the troublesome tenants

Why would I kill myself when I can live to make l*ndlords miserable?

Is it true most landlords are Asian? Also wouldn't this potentially stop other landlords from letting you move in and/or mess up your credit? Whenever I applied to live anywhere they ask for references, especially from former landlords.

I am neutral towards your immoral actions. The law is set up to protect people, if they have doubt it means they don't feel endangered, you being a prey sense their insecurity.

They do, that's why you need to find dumps owned by inexperienced landlords.