S.B. v R.T.

Tenant wins · 2018-02-05

Dispute

Harassment, Substantial Interference

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

R.

Tenant

S.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord harassed, obstructed, coerced, threatened or interfered with the Tenant and substantially interfered with the reasonable enjoyment of the rental unit or residential complex by the Tenant or by a member of the Tenant's household.

The ruling

The Landlord's behaviour of bullying and threatening the Tenant, particularly over the Landlord's various welfare fraud schemes, is a clear breach of section 23 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006. The Landlord is ordered to refrain from contacting the Tenant via text, pay the Tenant $1,650.00 for abatement of rent, and pay the Tenant $50.00 for the cost of filing the application, for a total of $1,700.00 owed to the Tenant.