Delage v Falovitch

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2022-02-18

Adjudicator

Frank Ebner

Dispute

Rent Deposit and Interest

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

E.F.

Tenant

S.D.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord collected or retained money illegally, including not using the rent deposit to pay the last month's rent, not returning the rent deposit, and not paying interest on the rent deposit.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant $1,335.49, which includes the remaining rent deposit of $1,247.49 and $88.00 in interest on the rent deposit. The Landlord is also ordered to pay the Tenant $53.00 for the cost of filing the application.