Xavier v Subramaniam

Tenant wins · Aurora · 2023-11-10

Adjudicator

Elan Shemtov

Dispute

Illegal Rent Increase

Amount

$10-20K

Landlord

S.S., V.S.

Tenant

S.X., M.D., C.X.C., M.X., M.X.

Landlord rep

Vivian Sara

Tenant rep

Farukh Bhatti

What happened

Tenants applied for an order determining that Landlords collected or retained money illegally by increasing the rent without proper notice. The Landlords admitted they did not serve a proper Notice of Rent Increase as required by the Act.

The ruling

The Landlords must pay the Tenants $11,053.00, which includes $11,000.00 for illegal rent collected and $53.00 for the cost of filing the application. The Landlords failed to serve a proper Notice of Rent Increase as required by the Act, and the rent increase from January 1, 2022 is invalid.