Selvey v Thanawala

Tenant wins · Mississauga · 2022-03-07

Adjudicator

Percy Laryea

Dispute

Illegal Rent Retention

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

M.T.

Tenant

C.S., R.S.

Tenant rep

Christopher Williams

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that Landlord has collected or retained money illegally. The dispute centered around a $5,000 rent deposit that the Landlord retained after the Tenants vacated the unit.

The ruling

The tenancy was terminated effective April 30, 2020. The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenants $2,500.00, representing one month's rent that was illegally retained from the deposit.