Paranuik v Verma

Tenant wins · Toronto · 2022-01-14

Adjudicator

Heather Chapple

Dispute

Bad faith eviction, Harassment

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

R.V.

Tenant

K.P.

Landlord rep

Atul Verma, Reginald Bent

Tenant rep

Dan McIntyre

What happened

Tenant filed T2 and T5 applications alleging the Landlord harassed him and gave a notice of termination in bad faith. The Landlord pressured the Tenant to vacate the rental unit for the Landlord's son to move in, but after the Tenant moved out, the unit was listed for rent at a higher rate.

The ruling

The Board found that the Landlord served a notice of termination in bad faith and harassed the Tenant. The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant $750.00 as compensation for harassment and $53.00 for the T2 application filing fee, totaling $803.00.