City residential street with buildings, houses and trees. Text on the Image Facing Eviction? Lawyers can Help

Eviction Help: The Tenant-Lawyer Connection Portal

Members across Ontario have told us they want to help respond to challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on residential tenants who are facing eviction for non-payment of rent.

To help facilitate that, the OBA has created a pop-up initiative, delivered under the auspices of the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), called Eviction Help: The Tenant-Lawyer Connection Portal (TLCP). The TLCP opens a virtual space where volunteer lawyers can offer their services free of charge to residential tenants, who:

Are facing eviction for non-payment of rent, and
Have a hearing scheduled before the Landlord and Tenant Board.

Participating lawyers offer to provide 30-minutes of free legal summary advice. The advice will involve a discussion about the tenant’s situation and legal options.

To Join the List of Lawyers

Are you interested in supporting residential tenants facing eviction and homelessness for non-payment of rent? If so, sign up as a volunteer lawyer through the link below, if you are willing to provide pro bono legal advice as part of your practice or your firm’s practice. You must be a licensed lawyer in Ontario, insured by your own firm and comply with its rules for offering pro bono services. We provide the virtual space, you provide the service

VOLUNTEER

Facing Eviction for Non-Payment of Rent and Looking for a Lawyer?

If you are a residential tenant who is,

facing eviction for non-payment of rent, and
who has a hearing scheduled before the Landlord Tenant Board, within the next ten days

please click on the link below to register for a time to connect with a lawyer, through the Portal service, for 30-minutes of free legal summary advice.

NOTE: Neither the OBA nor the ACTO are providing legal advice and neither are responsible for the provision or quality of legal advice. Lawyers you speak with through the TLCP are not employed by or insured by the OBA or ACTO, and neither the OBA nor ACTO guarantees that you will be matched. Lawyers on the TLCP will decide whether they are willing to take on your matter or provide advice on a pro bono basis as part of their own practice.