Boulos v Santos

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2024-01-17

Adjudicator

Angela Long

Dispute

Illegal Collection Or Retention Of Money

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

S.S.

Tenant

C.B.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally. The Tenant paid a last month's rent deposit of $2,000 but the Landlord refused to return the deposit after the Tenant vacated the rental unit early.

The ruling

The Landlord must pay the Tenant $1,855.75, which includes the remainder of the last month's rent deposit and the cost of filing the application. The Tenant is only liable for rent up to November 3, 2022 when the new tenants moved in.