MEMORANDUM
TO: Landlord and Tenant Board Stakeholders
FROM: Dawn Sullivan, Acting Associate Chair
Lindiwe Bridgewater, Acting Registrar
DATE: March 14, 2022
SUBJECT: Spring Scheduling Plan
We are writing to provide you with an overview of the spring scheduling plan at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB).
As we advised by memo in November 2021, we have been scheduling L1, L2 and L9 applications upon processing. For April and May 2022, we are shifting our focus to tenant merits hearings and previously adjourned matters. This will help to ensure that the oldest tenant merits applications get scheduled and heard, and that landlord merits applications (i.e. L1, L2 and L9s) that were previously scheduled but adjourned will also be heard.
We would like to advise you of the following details:
- Urgent matters will continue to be scheduled on a priority basis. If you believe your matter warrants an earlier hearing date, you can file a Request to Extend/Shorten Time.
- Tenant merits hearings will be scheduled in smaller blocks, and they will continue to be scheduled by region. The size of the blocks have been reduced to ensure that all matters get heard in the allotted time. Approximately 9-10 blocks will be scheduled each day, Monday to Thursday.
One adjudicator will be assigned to each block.
One moderator and one dispute resolution officer will support each tenant merits block, allowing for same-day mediation. Note this is an interim measure for the spring only.
- Online dispute resolution continues to be available for all applications filed in the Tribunals Ontario Portal. Routine mediation also continues to be available upon request for all application types. If you filed your application in the Tribunals Ontario Portal, you can make a request for routine mediation through the portal. For all other applications, you can email or mail your request to the applicable regional office.
- Case management hearings and merits hearings for Above Guideline Increase applications continue to be scheduled.
- Motions, reviews, and co-operative housing hearings also continue to be part of the schedule as required, as well as weekly French/bilingual hearings.
We appreciate your patience as we continue to work on addressing service delays at the LTB, including the timeliness of scheduling. We are currently working on our scheduling plan for the summer months, and will be reaching out to you again in the near future with those details.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at LTB@ontario.ca.
Sincerely,
Dawn Sullivan Lindiwe Bridgewater
Acting Associate Chair Acting Registrar
