When I advertise my unit I specify “damage deposit required, no children or pets”, is this okay?

It is a breach of the Ontario Human Rights Code to rent a unit and demand that there be “no children” allowed. A no pets clause is not enforceable under the Residential Tenancies Act. Damage deposits are not lawful under the Residential Tenancies Act, it is in fact an offence under the Act to charge them.

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