Craig v Jamal

Tenant wins · Brampton · 2022-02-25

Adjudicator

Diane Wade

Dispute

Illegal Rent Deposit

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

M.A.J.

Tenant

J.C.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord has collected or retained money illegally. The Tenant paid the Landlord the first month's rent and the last month rent deposit, but the Landlord did not allow the Tenant to move into the rental unit and failed to return the rent deposit.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant $904.58, which includes $4.58 for interest on the last month's rent deposit and $900.00 that was collected for a rent deposit and the first month's rent deposit that was collected illegally. The Landlord is also ordered to pay the Tenant $53.00 for the cost of filing the application, for a total of $957.58.