Jallow v 2692140 Ontario Inc.

Tenant wins · Windsor · 2025-09-02

Adjudicator

Madeline Ntoukas

Dispute

Maintenance, Substantial Interference, Tenant Rights

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

2692140 Ontario Inc. o/a K and K Management

Tenant

L.J.

What happened

The Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord entered the unit illegally, altered the locking system without providing keys, substantially interfered with enjoyment, harassed the Tenant, and withheld vital services. The application was filed nearly a year after the Tenant vacated. The Adjudicator found that most claims were statute-barred under section 29 of the Act, which requires filing within one year of the conduct. However, the Board found that for the three days within the legal window, the Landlord had indeed boarded up the entrance, prohibited guests, and withheld heat and electricity.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant $35.50 as a 90% rent abatement for a three-day period in February 2023. While the Board found the Landlord's actions—boarding up doors and cutting utilities—to be severe, the Tenant's delay in filing the application limited the available financial remedy to the final three days of the tenancy.