ROEST v SIMPSON

Tenant wins · Guelph · 2024-01-24

Adjudicator

Brett Lockwood

Dispute

Sublet

Amount

$5-10K

Landlord

L.S.

Tenant

M.R.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that Landlord arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld consent to the assignment or sublet of the rental unit to a potential assignee or subtenant. The Landlord refused to allow the Tenant to sublet the unit for 4 months while the Tenant was away for work.

The ruling

The Board found that the Landlord arbitrarily and unreasonably refused consent for the Tenant to sublet the rental unit for 4 months. As a remedy, the Board ordered the Landlord to pay the Tenant $7,253, which includes a $7,200 rent abatement and the $53 application fee.