Austin v Wild

Tenant wins · Oakville · 2024-01-22

Adjudicator

Elena Jacob

Dispute

Illegal Charges

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

P.W., N.W.

Tenant

G.K.A., J.S.

Tenant rep

Vanessa Smith

What happened

The Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlords collected or retained money illegally. The Landlords gave the Tenants a verbal notice to terminate the tenancy in the fall of 2021 to facilitate the sale of the property, but did not provide the required one month's rent compensation under the Residential Tenancies Act.

The ruling

The Landlords must pay the Tenants an amount equal to one month's rent ($2,770) plus the Tenants' filing fee ($53), for a total of $2,823, by February 2, 2024. If the Landlords do not pay by that date, they will owe interest at 7% annually on the outstanding balance.