Tenant taking advantage of covid in Ontario Canada

[James Bronze]

Hi,

Currently I am having issues with a tenant that hasn’t paid rent since Aug 1st 2020. This person has not been affected by covid and admits (not in writing) that he knows the tenant board is backed up in Ontario and it will take 6-7 to finally evict him. I have tried the following method to try and get him to move out;

assisting him finding a new place and paying for everything,

cash for key

But all of these were rejected instantly. I told him what an eviction means and it would go on this credit score, but he does not care since he said he can apply for government housing.

I have so far issued an N4 and would issue an L1 this week, but like the tenant saids, I will not be able to fully evict him until 6-7 months since the board is backed up.

I see there is something called an N12 where if I move into the unit, I am able to evict the tenant within 60 days. I have no issue moving into the unit but there is a rule where I must live in the unit for 1 year or he can come back and sue me. I was wondering if that rule can be overridden if I just sell the place after the N12 eviction and I live there for a couple months. I also see that N12 might not even work because I think you cannot issue it unless it is end of term?

(source)http://landlordselfhelp.com/fr...

Does this solution work? Or are there any other solutions that I am not aware of?

Thank you