IR v ST

Tenant wins

Dispute

Illegal Rent Collection

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

S., RRR Inc

Tenant

I., M.

Landlord rep

IS

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that Landlords have collected or retained money illegally. The dispute centered around the return of a last month's rent deposit and interest owed on it after one tenant moved out while the other remained in the unit.

The ruling

The Board ordered the Landlords to pay Tenant MH $88.20 for interest owed on the last month's rent deposit and an illegally collected extra deposit, plus $50.00 for the cost of filing the application, totaling $138.20. The tenancy was determined to be ongoing, so the last month's rent deposit was not required to be returned.