John v Manor Park Management

Landlord wins · Ottawa · 2026-01-21

Adjudicator

Dawn Carr

Dispute

Assignment/Subletting, Illegal Rent/Money, Tenant Rights

Landlord

Manor Park Management

Tenant

N.J.J., S.F.

Landlord rep

Grace George, Kanan Patel

What happened

Tenant 1 and Tenant 2 applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally (T1) and arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld consent to the assignment of the rental unit (A2). The Tenants sought to relocate for work and proposed several assignees. They alleged that the Landlord incentivized potential assignees to rent other vacant units in the building instead of their unit. They also disputed the Landlord's application of the rent deposit to October 2024.

The ruling

The Tenants' applications (T1 and A2) were dismissed. The Board found the Landlord acted within the law regarding the rent deposit and the assignment process. No illegal rent was charged, and there was no credible evidence that the Landlord unreasonably withheld consent for lease assignment.