Ohio is largely a no-fault-friendly state. Toledo has no general just-cause-eviction ordinance, so month-to-month tenancies can be ended on a 30-day notice under ORC 5321.17 even if the tenant has paid rent and complied with the lease.
Toledo does not impose a city-wide just-cause-eviction regime on private market-rate housing. Ohio R.C. 5321.17 allows either party to terminate a month-to-month residential tenancy by 30-day written notice, no reason required. Fixed-term leases simply expire on the stated date without notice unless the lease itself requires one. Federally subsidized housing (Section 8 project-based, public housing operated by Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority) is the major exception: HUD rules require good cause to terminate. The Toledo Right-to-Counsel pilot launched in 2020, but the state Supreme Court invalidated municipal mandatory-counsel requirements in 2022.
Even where no-fault termination is allowed, retaliatory eviction in response to a tenant's code-enforcement complaint or organizing activity is prohibited by ORC 5321.02 and creates a defense plus damages claim.
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