NGUYEN v SAHOTA

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2024-06-05

Adjudicator

Greg Brocanier

Dispute

Illegal Charges, Rent Deposit

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

M.S.

Tenant

H.N.

Tenant rep

Hue Nguyen

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally. The Tenant alleged the Landlord collected an illegal $100 charge for fridge repair and did not apply the Tenant's last month's rent deposit to the last month of the tenancy.

The ruling

The Tenant proved the Landlord collected an illegal $100 charge for fridge repair and failed to apply the Tenant's last month's rent deposit to the last month of the tenancy. The Landlord owes the Tenant $1,976.43, which includes the illegal charge, the last month's rent deposit, interest on the deposit, and the application filing fee.