Abbott v Kuzmenko

Tenant wins · Windsor · 2022-01-20

Adjudicator

Shahid Chaudhry

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

T.K.

Tenant

K.N., N.A.

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord failed to meet the Landlord's maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or failed to comply with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards due to a bed bug infestation in the rental unit.

The ruling

The Landlord failed to adequately address the bed bug infestation in the rental unit, and is ordered to pay the Tenant $1,530 for replacement of damaged items, $1,500 rent abatement, and $53 for the application filing fee, for a total of $3,083 to be paid by January 30, 2022.