Biryah v BAHL

Landlord wins · Brampton · 2025-04-22

Adjudicator

Stephanie Ball

Dispute

Personal Use

Notice

Personal use (N12)

Landlord

A.B., M.B.

Tenant

B.B., N.B., S.B., S.B.

Landlord rep

Fuiraz Alvi

Tenant rep

Kelly Hawkes

What happened

The Landlords applied to terminate the tenancy because they require the unit for their son's personal use. The Tenants contested the application, alleging it was filed in bad faith as retaliation for their refusal to accept an illegal rent increase in 2019 and citing medical and business needs for staying in the unit.

The ruling

The tenancy is terminated effective July 31, 2025. The Landlords' son demonstrated a genuine need for the unit. Due to the Tenants' length of tenure and personal circumstances (medical needs and home-based business), the Board granted relief from eviction by delaying the move-out date to July 31, 2025. The Landlords must pay the Tenants $2,238.38 for the rent deposit and interest, but are permitted to offset this against daily compensation of $65.75 starting from April 10, 2025.