Jones v Saqr

Tenant wins · Mississauga · 2025-04-16

Adjudicator

Nicole Pedron

Dispute

Illegal Charges

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

M.Z.S.

Tenant

J.J.

Tenant rep

Kent Ovenden

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord collected or retained money illegally, including a $1,400 pet damage deposit and failure to pay interest on last month's rent deposit.

The ruling

The Landlord illegally collected a $1,400 pet damage deposit, which is not permitted under the Residential Tenancies Act. However, the Tenant's claim regarding the illegal deposit was dismissed as it was filed outside the one-year limitation period. The Landlord was ordered to pay the Tenant $111.05 in interest on the last month's rent deposit and $53 for the application filing fee.