According to the law from rental board, a tenant don't have a reasonable delay to pay his rent . As soon as the second day of the month the landlord can file an application to recover the rent at the Régie du logement.
What are the possible recourses of the tenant if the landlord neglects to make the necessary repairs ?
There are many recourses available to the tenant:
Rent reduction
Rent deposit
The authorization of the Régie to do himself the repairs
Resiliation of the lease
Damages
Order to force the landlord to make the repairs.
A decision must be rendered by the Régie du logement allowing one of these recourses to be applied.
Based on the above rules, I have paid my rent today morning and attached a letter at the same time.The main point of the letter is that I will ask the rental board for help on the Rent reduction if she neglects to make the necessary repairs again and again.....
Her husband came to my apartment today afternoon, and all the problems are fixed immediately .
After many unsuccessful phone calls and face-to-face explanations, I sent a registered mail to my landlord yesterday, requesting her to repair the claimed leaking problem immediately, otherwise I will preserve my right to seek damages before the rental board or a court of law.
This afternoon, the repairsman came and had the problem fixed.
Never be so polite to those arrogant landlord, the law is our best weapon to fight with them.