Morris v Wang

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2023-09-18

Adjudicator

Vicky Liu

Dispute

Illegal Rent Deposit

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

Y.L.W.

Tenant

K.M.

What happened

The tenant applied for an order determining that the landlord collected or retained money illegally. The tenant paid a last month's rent deposit of $1,850 but the landlord did not apply it to the last month's rent when the tenancy ended.

The ruling

The landlord must pay the tenant $1,850 for the last month's rent deposit and $53 for the cost of filing the application.