Ontario. Residential Rental Standards Board

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Residential Rental Standards Board

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Residential Rental Standards Board

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1987-1994

      History

      The Residential Rental Standards Board was established in 1987 as part of a large package of regulatory actions by the government of David Peterson relating to rent control and tenant protection.

      The Board was discontinued in 1994 as part of the general reduction of government expenditures in the latter part of the Bob Rae administration.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Residential Rental Standards Board established standards for rental housing units relating to health and safety and maintenance. It also investigated and issued orders on complaints regarding violations of these standards.

      Address

      Residential Rent Regulation Act, 1986.

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Housing (1985-1995) (1985-1995)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA94

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Housing (1985-1995) controls Ontario. Residential Rental Standards Board

      Dates of relationship

      1987-1994

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1941

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Index to Government Services, 1987-1994.

          Maintenance notes

          Not in Canadiana name authorities (AMICUS, May, 2005)


          Archivist(s):
          Crockett