MENEZES v ASSAL

Tenant wins · North York · 2023-09-14

Adjudicator

Susan Priest

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

S.A.

Tenant

S.M.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord failed to meet the Landlord's maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or failed to comply with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards. The issue was a non-working toilet in the rental unit.

The ruling

The Landlord must pay the Tenant $484.42, which represents a rent abatement ($73.76), costs incurred by the Tenant ($362.66), and the cost of filing the application with the Board ($48.00).