Sohail v Dhaliwal

Tenant wins · Brampton · 2022-01-10

Adjudicator

Fabio Quattrociocchi

Dispute

Illegal Charges

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

K.D.

Tenant

D.S., S.A.

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally. The Tenants alleged the Landlord charged an illegal rent and collected illegal utility charges.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenants $621.23, which includes $400 in illegal rent increases and $221.23 in overcharged utility payments. The Landlord is also ordered to pay the Tenants $50 for the cost of filing the application. If the Landlord does not pay the full amount by January 21, 2022, they will owe interest at 2% annually on the outstanding balance.