Xuan Ye Fu v Bailiang Gao

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2022-02-09

Adjudicator

Peter Nicholson

Dispute

Assignment or Sublet

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

B.G.

Tenant

X.Y.F.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld consent to assign the rental unit. The Tenant was unable to assign the unit to three proposed assignees due to the Landlord's discriminatory and unreasonable actions.

The ruling

The Landlord's conduct in refusing consent to the Tenant's proposed assignees was found to be unreasonable and arbitrary, amounting to a breach of the Residential Tenancies Act. The Tenant's tenancy is terminated as of May 1, 2020, and the Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant a $2,500 rent abatement and a $1,000 administrative fine.