Ontario rent-to-income ratio

[David Capstick]

This is a question for any landlords or investors in Ontario:

The landlord tenant act and human rights code state that unless you are providing subsidized housing, it is illegal to us a rent-to-income ratio as a method for selecting tenants.

I understand that someone who does not meet your ideal rent-to-income ratio is likely to have one other legal screening criteria unmet, but have any of you run into problems with this? How are effectively financially screening your tenants without violating this law?

Thanks,

David

[Jacob Perez]

@David Capstick I find all of these regulations super weird. Normally if I don't rent to a tenant there are multiple reasons why lol. Income, being late to the showing, credit, they gave me the creeps in general lol.

I don't see how anything like that could be proven or enforced.