Brooke Jones v Steve Alexopoulos
Tenant wins · Ottawa · 2020-08-19
- Adjudicator
- Jitewa Edu
- Dispute
- Illegal Lock-Out
- Amount
- <$5K
- Landlord
- S.A., Real Estate Investments & Developments
- Tenant
- B.J.
- Landlord rep
- Michael Thiele
- Tenant rep
- Melanie Texeira
What happened
Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlords altered the locking system on the rental unit without providing replacement keys.
The ruling
The Landlord illegally locked the Tenant out of the rental unit. The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant $1,700 for the illegal lock-out, $380 for damaged furniture, and $50 for the application fee, for a total of $2,160.