Webber v Syed

Tenant wins · Clarington · 2024-01-18

Adjudicator

Lynn Mitchell

Dispute

Maintenance

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

H.S.

Tenant

D.W.

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord failed to meet the Landlord's maintenance obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or failed to comply with health, safety, housing or maintenance standards. The rental unit had a leaking roof that the Landlord repeatedly failed to properly repair, resulting in damage to the tenant's bedroom.

The ruling

The Landlord failed to meet his obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act by not completing effective repairs to the leaking roof in a timely manner, resulting in the tenant's bedroom being uninhabitable for 9.5 months. The Landlord is ordered to pay the tenant a rent rebate of $2,193.63 and the application filing fee of $48.