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How Does Luke Violates The Residential Tenancies Act By Entering The Apartment

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Case Study #2
Luke violates the Residential Tenancies Act by entering the apartment. It was not an emergency, he did not receive permission to enter the apartment from the tenant, and he did not give notice to the tenant that he would be entering the residence. Luke did not give Doug the required notice of fourteen days to Doug when he must be out of the apartment.
Doug is in violation of the Residential Tenancies Act because he did not comply with the agreements stated in the contract that he signed. Doug did not pay the full rent for the months of November and December and did not pay it on the first of the month, as was agreed. Doug also did not pay the utilities, which was an agreement that had been reached in the contract.
Doug does not have any rights to stay in the apartment. He violated his rental contract by not paying the full amount of rent and failing to pay the utilities. Doug's failure …show more content…

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I think that Luke is the victim in the situation. I believe this because the Mackenzie brothers agreed to all of the conditions in Luke’s contract but broke them anyways. Luke made several attempts to talk to the brothers about them not paying the utilities, which he was never able to do because there was no answer when he went to the apartment. Luke also did not receive the amount of rent that had been agreed upon, receiving $250.00, half of what the rent was supposed to be, on November 18th and December 22nd.
I do not think that the Residential Tenancies Act protects the victim. In this situation, the victim is not being protected because he has to pay the outstanding bills to the power company and will not receive the rent that is owed to him unless he sues the tenants. The Residential Tenancies Act will help the landlord to evict the tenant but the landlord has to follow strict time-specific guidelines in order to evict the tenants

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