[Kjesse]

So I just (very quickly) scanned the Resdiential Tenancies Act and also the Inkeepers' Act, and made a few quick queries over CanLii (a free case research service, you can use it too).

I'm not giving advice, but if you've been there in a room for only a few months the RTA might not even apply. That's rare if they took a damage deposit and made it look like a tenancy but I think in this case you may not have some of the legal rights provided by the RTA, RTDRS might not even have jurisdiction. They likely do but arguments exist that go against that, depending on the nature of the agreement and a few other things.

I'd move out, pay the $75 and hope for my $500 damage deposit back and perhaps a bit more. I think you do have a tenancy but there are some factors that are arguable. Staying and not paying rent probably is not the kind of self-help that will get you far however. Even if the landlords are awful.