Help- Lease assignment with evil landlord
Hello, I’ve been dealing with the most difficult, aggressive and frustrating landlord ever. I won’t get into the whole story now but due to maintenance issues I need to leave this place ( a room inside his house 😬) and he’s already threatened to sue me when I politely asked him to terminate my tenancy.
After learning more about ON ltb laws I understand that I have an option to assign my lease to someone else if a landlord refuses to sign an N11. I’ve asked him now to assign my tenancy twice and he’s responded with the same copy pasted response saying that I can find someone to sign a new tenancy with a new 1 year lease + $600 security deposit .
Firstly, I want to clarify: is a new one-year lease the same thing as assigning my existing tenancy for the remainder of my current lease term?
He’s avoiding answering my question directly twice now. If he avoids/ refuses to answer my very clear request of assigning my EXISTING lease, is this grounds to send a N9?