Ryan v Homestead Land Holdings Limited

Tenant wins · Ottawa · 2024-07-04

Adjudicator

Dawn Carr

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

Homestead Land Holdings Limited

Tenant

S.R., M.R.

Landlord rep

Maegan O'Conner

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord failed to meet its maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or failed to comply with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards. The issues related to the heating and cooling system in the rental unit.

The ruling

The Landlord failed to meet its maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and failed to comply with maintenance standards. The Landlord must pay the Tenants a rent abatement of $1,410.08 and $18.06 for additional electricity costs incurred due to the heating issues.