DESOKY v BAI

Tenant wins · Waterloo · 2025-05-02

Adjudicator

Rema El-Tawil

Dispute

Illegal Charges, Personal Use

Notice

Personal use (N12)

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

H.Y.J.B.

Tenant

A.D., H.S.

What happened

The Tenants applied for an order after the Landlord illegally retained a security deposit and the last month's rent deposit, and failed to pay the required compensation after serving an N12 notice for personal use. The Landlord admitted to using the N12 notice to 'convince' the tenants to move and argued she did not owe compensation because she did not file a follow-up application with the Board.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenants a total of $4,787.00 by May 13, 2025. This includes the return of an illegal security deposit, the return of the last month's rent deposit, mandatory compensation for an N12 notice, and the filing fee. The claim for water heater costs was dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.