ZIV (PERRY) v WANG

Tenant wins · Beaverton · 2024-04-25

Adjudicator

Jane Dean

Dispute

Illegal Charges

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

A.W.

Tenant

S.Z.P., J.V.

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally, including failing to apply last month's rent to the last month of the tenancy.

The ruling

The Landlord collected $1,000 in excess rent, which must be returned to the Tenants along with interest on the last month's rent deposit. The Tenants properly notified the Landlord of their intention to terminate the lease early, but the Landlord did not arbitrarily refuse consent to assign the lease.