Joo Yeun Nam v Ju Young Park

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2022-01-05

Adjudicator

Dawn King

Dispute

Non-payment of Rent

Notice

Non-payment of rent (N4), Persistent late payment (N8)

Landlord

D.Y.N., J.Y.N.

Tenant

J.P., J.Y.P.

Landlord rep

Siqi (Lily) Yao

What happened

Landlords applied to terminate the tenancy and evict Tenants due to non-payment of rent. The Tenants argued this was a family dispute and they were not required to pay rent as the unit was purchased by the Tenants' mother's husband as an investment property for the Tenants to live in rent-free.

The ruling

The Landlords' application is dismissed as no landlord-tenant relationship existed between the Landlords and the Tenants.