Charpentier v Wang

Tenant wins · North York · 2024-07-30

Adjudicator

Candace Aboussafy

Dispute

Illegal Charges

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

X.W.

Tenant

X.C.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord collected or retained money illegally. Tenant alleged that Landlord did not use the last month's rent deposit to pay the last month's rent and did not return the deposit to the Tenant. Tenant also alleged that Landlord retained rent for the remaining days of February 2024 after he locked the Tenant out of the rental unit.

The ruling

Landlord must pay Tenant $1,017.00, which includes $969.00 for excess rent collected and $48.00 for the cost of filing the application. Landlord locked Tenant out on February 25, 2024 and did not return the last month's rent deposit or the excess rent paid for the remaining days in February.