N.M. and S.M. v C.K.

Tenant wins · 2016-08-15

Dispute

Illegal Rent Deposit

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

C.

Tenant

N., S.

What happened

Tenants applied to the Landlord and Tenant Board for an order determining that the Landlord has collected or retained money illegally. The Tenants had provided the Landlord with a rental application, a last month's rent deposit, and contact information for a guarantor and their employers, but the Landlord ceased communicating with them after obtaining this information and did not accept their rental application.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenants $1,195.00, which represents the rent deposit collected, and $45.00 for the cost of filing the application. If the Landlord does not pay the full amount by August 26, 2016, the Landlord will owe interest at 2.00% annually on the outstanding balance.