Forbes v Lambert

Tenant wins · Sault Ste. Marie · 2022-01-06

Adjudicator

Douglas Wilkins

Dispute

Illegal Entry, Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

A.L.

Tenant

A.F.

What happened

Tenant applied for orders regarding the Landlord's illegal entry and failure to maintain the rental unit. The Landlord was absent from the hearing.

The ruling

The Landlord was found to have breached the Residential Tenancies Act by illegally entering the rental unit, altering the locking system without providing a replacement key, discontinuing the Tenant's access to the garage, failing to remove a stove from the driveway, and failing to repair the basement stove. The Tenant was awarded a total of $3,022.30 in compensation.