Saeed v Ghaznavi Khan

Tenant wins · Ottawa · 2023-01-23

Adjudicator

Jitewa Edu

Dispute

Illegal Retention of Rent Deposit

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

T.G.K.

Tenant

H.S.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord has collected or retained money illegally. The Tenant alleged that the Landlord retained the Tenant's last month's rent deposit, which is prohibited by the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.

The ruling

The request to review the previous order is granted. The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant the sum of $1,000.00, which represents the last month's rent deposit. If the Landlord does not pay the Tenant the full amount owing on or before February 1, 2023, the Landlord will start to owe interest at 5.00% annually on the balance outstanding.