Evictly

TW v OL

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2020-01-02

Adjudicator
Nicola Mulima
Dispute
Residential Tenancies Act Applicability
Landlord
O.
Tenant
T., A., A.
Landlord rep
D. S
Tenant rep
D. M

What happened

The issue in this application is whether the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 applies to this tenancy or whether it falls outside the ambit of the Act because the agreement is commercial in nature.

The ruling

The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 applies to the tenancy. The Landlords have not established that the tenancy falls within the exemption contained in subsection 5(j) of the Act.