McKnight v Godlewski

Tenant wins · Mississauga · 2022-01-24

Adjudicator

Diane Wade

Dispute

Illegal Rent Collection

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

M.G.

Tenant

K.M., L.S.

Landlord rep

Anthony Godlewski

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that Landlord has collected or retained money illegally. The dispute centered on an illegal rent increase from $1,550.00 to $1,775.00 per month on January 1, 2020.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenants $900.00 for excess rent collected and $53.00 for the cost of filing the application, totaling $953.00. If not paid by June 21, 2022, interest will accrue at 2.00% annually on the outstanding balance.