Saleh v Awad

Tenant wins · Mississauga · 2024-03-19

Adjudicator

Mitch Panciuk

Dispute

Illegal Rent Increase

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

I.A.

Tenant

D.S., R.A.

Landlord rep

C. Williams

Tenant rep

J. Gangadin

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally by increasing the rent without proper notice. The Landlord increased the rent from $2,000 to $2,700 per month effective October 2021 without serving the required 90-day Notice of Rent Increase.

The ruling

The Landlord collected $5,600 in excess rent from the Tenants over 9 months. The Board ordered the Landlord to pay the Tenants $4,253, which includes $4,200 in excess rent collected and the $53 application fee.