Gagnon v Wright

Tenant wins · Carleton Place · 2020-08-11

Adjudicator

Alex Brkic

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

E.W., J.C.

Tenant

S.G., C.B.

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlords failed to meet their maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or failed to comply with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards.

The ruling

The Landlords failed to meet their maintenance obligations under the Act or comply with local maintenance standards. The Tenants were justified in terminating the tenancy. The Landlords are ordered to pay the Tenants a rent abatement of $1,800 and $947.80 for out-of-pocket expenses, for a total of $2,792.80.