Roslakova v Khurana

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2022-02-22

Adjudicator

Bryan Delorenzi

Dispute

Illegal Charges

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

N.K.

Tenant

T.A., J.R.

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that Landlord has collected or retained money illegally. The dispute centered around a $1,000 key deposit, of which the Landlord retained $855 after the tenancy ended, claiming it was for damages.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenants $908.00, which includes $855.00 for the illegally retained key deposit and $53.00 for the cost of filing the application. If not paid by February 28, 2022, interest will accrue at 2.00% annually from March 1, 2022.