u/LibraryPresent6205

Hello! I live in Ontario and I never resigned my lease for the 2026-2027 year. The new lease began this month and I am wanting to move out. I am a 19 year old girl and I’ve had several problems with living in a co-ed house hold. The men I live with have made moves on me and one of them began to have intimacy with his girlfriend in public spaces. This girlfriend has also been living with us but not paying. This was reported to my landlord and all he did was send an email saying not to do that.

Anyways, since I did not resign I am currently on a month to month lease. I was told originally that I could move out June 1st if I found someone to replace me. I signed a lease for another place and put in my formal 60 notice along with information on the person who wants to sign the lease. I am now being told by my landlord that I cannot move out until August 1st and must pay in full each month until then, and he “rejected” the new tenant application as he is not a student. This is not student housing, this is a basic townhouse, there are two tenants in this house who are not students and are working.

He said that if I did not find someone new by August 1st that I wouldn’t be allowed to move out and that it is standard operation in Ontario. Again, I am month to month and never resigned the lease, non of this was mentioned in my original lease agreement. I mentioned all of this to my aunt who is a landlord and she said what he was doing was illegal and that I actually only had to put in a 30 day notice, not a 60 day. What can I do in this situation? Do I get a lawyer?

The screenshots are the emails received from him rejecting my 60 day notice and the last 2 are him responding to me questioning him after consulting my aunt.

I feel like I have a very plain appearance, not unattractive but I don’t stand out as much as my friends with higher contrasts and such. People look at me, but as soon as I go out with my blonde friend all eyes are on her because of how eye catching she is within the crowd.