Agbebiyi v O

Landlord wins · Toronto · 2024-10-09

Adjudicator

Alicia Johnson

Dispute

Subletting

Landlord

D.O., T.M.J.

Tenant

B.A.

Landlord rep

Grace Yun

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld consent to the assignment or sublet of the rental unit to a potential assignee or subtenant. The Tenant moved out of the unit temporarily to Quebec and sublet the unit, but the Landlord only approved one subtenant. The Tenant also collected more rent from the subtenants than he paid to the Landlord.

The ruling

The Tenant's application is dismissed. The Landlord's refusal to allow the sublet was not arbitrary or unreasonable, and the Tenant violated the Act by collecting more rent from subtenants than he paid to the Landlord.