That week I had to fight my own tenant board over a simple eviction notice

I tried to evict a tenant who hadn't paid rent in 3 months back in February. Gave them a proper 14 day notice like the law says. But the tenant board in Edmonton kept pushing back saying I didn't file the right paperwork. Had to go to a hearing and show proof of every single interaction. The adjudicator actually told me I missed a checkbox on form 5. Cost me 2 full days of work plus $150 in filing fees. Still waiting on the order to actually remove them. Has anyone else had the tenant board nitpick your paperwork this bad when the tenant clearly broke the rules?

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taylor_fox1d ago

One of my buddies up in Lethbridge went through something almost identical last year. He had a tenant who stopped paying in December and by March he finally got the hearing scheduled. The board came back and said he used the wrong date format on the notice, something about putting the month before the day instead of the proper Canadian way. They dismissed the whole thing and told him to start over from scratch. He had to pay another $150 for a new filing and wait another six weeks for a second hearing. By the time he actually got the eviction order the tenant was already three months behind and had trashed the place. It's frustrating how they focus on tiny paper mistakes when the real problem is someone living rent free and laughing about it.

thomas2911d ago

Man that's brutal, I feel for your buddy. What worked for me was triple checking every single form against the board's website before submitting, even the little stuff like date format or font size. Have you looked into whether the tenant had any assets you could go after with a small claims judgment?