Grodzinski v B&N Property Management

Landlord wins · Gloucester · 2023-07-06

Adjudicator

Rebecca Case

Dispute

Illegal Rent Increase, Illegal Retention Of Last Month'S Rent Deposit, Misappropriation Of Tenant'S Property

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

B&N PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Tenant

K.G.

Landlord rep

Maurice Neufal, Alex Benham

Tenant rep

Duty Counsel

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord and Landlord's Agent collected or retained money illegally. Specifically, the Tenant claimed the Landlord charged an illegal rent increase, failed to return the last month's rent deposit, and misappropriated the Tenant's washing machine.

The ruling

The Landlord is ordered to pay the Tenant $550 for the illegal rent increases collected from October 20, 2020 to October 20, 2021, as well as $53 for the cost of filing the application. The Tenant's claims regarding the last month's rent deposit and the washing machine were dismissed.