Singh v Katwal

Landlord wins · Belleville · 2025-08-19

Adjudicator

Robert Brown

Dispute

Illegal Collection Of Money, Jurisdiction

Landlord

S.K.

Tenant

T.S.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord collected or retained money illegally. During the hearing, it was established that the individual named as the Landlord was actually a tenant himself who was renting out individual rooms within the unit where he also resided. As a result, the respondent did not meet the legal definition of a landlord under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.

The ruling

The Tenant's application was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The Board found that the Respondent was a tenant renting out rooms while living in the same unit, which excludes them from the legal definition of a 'landlord' under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.