Farooqi v Messiha

Tenant wins · Thornhill · 2021-06-21

Adjudicator

Robert Patchett

Dispute

Maintenance, Rent Deposit

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

M.M.

Tenant

S.F.

Tenant rep

Sana Kazilbash

What happened

Tenant applied for orders determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally and failed to meet maintenance obligations. The Landlord failed to return the rent deposit when the Tenant vacated, and failed to timely repair the air conditioning unit that was causing water damage.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant $1,750 for the rent deposit, $776.71 for rent abatement due to the Landlord's failure to timely repair the air conditioning unit, and $53 for the cost of filing the application, for a total of $2,579.71.