Mary has been renting a house for the last 10 years. 

Because of the rise in housing prices, Mary’s landlord told her he is selling the house and that the purchaser wants to live in it. 

What are Mary’s rights? 

To evict Mary the landlord must serve on her a notice approved by the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). In this case, the landlord must use an N12 notice. 

A landlord can give a tenant an N12 notice to end the tenancy if the landlord, a purchaser, a close relative of either the landlord or the purchaser – a spouse, child, parent, spouse’s child or spouse’s parent – or a care service provider for any of the previously-mentioned people intends to move into the rental unit. 

Although an N12 notice may look like an eviction notice, this notice is not an eviction order. 

Mary does not have to move out by........

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