Buikema v Parks

Landlord wins · Trenton · 2021-03-04

Adjudicator

Dawn Sullivan

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

L.P.

Tenant

H.B., H.B.

Landlord rep

Erin Richardson, Carrie Arnott, Curtis Begg

Tenant rep

Susan Priest

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.

The ruling

The Landlord failed to meet its obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 with respect to maintaining the mobile home park grounds, removing garbage and debris, addressing safety issues with exposed cables, and maintaining the roads. The Landlord is ordered to make the necessary repairs and improvements by specific deadlines, and to pay an administrative fine of $500.