Application of Rent Payment (RTA)

TEL-14224-11 (Re), 2011 CanLII 34685 (ON LTB)

4. The Tenant paid $776.47 for April’s rent in March 2011, which was not credited to her at the time the Landlord served the N4 Notice and filed the L1 application. As a result, I find that the N4 Notice is defective and the tenancy cannot be terminated at this time. The Landlord chose to proceed with the application, seeking rent arrears and costs only.

5. These parties had been before the Board in March 2010 at which time they entered into a Mediated Agreement for the payment of rent owing to March 31, 2010; however, the Landlord did not have a rent ledger with him for the rent owing and paid since the Mediated Agreement was entered into by the parties. His only record of payments was for the period January 2011 to May 2011. This record did not agree with the Tenant’s cancelled cheques. The Landlord’s record was seriously flawed and I could not rely upon it. The evidence submitted by the Tenant’s common law husband M.C. was more reliable, and I have relied upon his cancelled cheques to determine the amount of rent owing at this time, which I have calculated to be $776.47 for the month of May 2011. The Tenant and her representative agreed with this amount. The Landlord could not challenge it because of his inadequate records.

6. I am not allowing the Landlord’s application costs because his records were so inadequate and flawed. He did not come to the hearing, prepared to present the application. Also it was not possible for the Tenant to reconcile her records with the partial ledger presented by the Landlord.

SWL-03868-09 (Re), 2009 CanLII 79877 (ON LTB)

3. The application reflects the Landlord’s position that a payment of $900.00 made by the Tenants on November 27, 2009 constituted a rent deposit. The Tenants wanted the payment applied to the December 2009 rent. Subsection 106(1) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (the 'Act') provides that a landlord may require a tenant to pay a rent deposit with respect to a tenancy if the landlord does so on or before entering the tenancy agreement [emphasis added]. In this case, the Landlord did not collect a rent deposit on or before entering the tenancy agreement, and no longer had ability to require the Tenants to pay a deposit, when the Tenants’ payment was made. Therefore, I find that the Tenants have paid the December 2009 rent in full, and that the Landlord is not holding a rent deposit.

4. The Tenants requested relief from eviction on the basis that the conduct was an isolated incident. The Landlord opposed any relief because he no longer feels safe or comfortable dealing with the Tenants in matters related to the tenancy. The Tenants were correct that their payment should have been applied to the December rent, but instead of using the legal process to resolve the dispute, the Tenant, R.C., chose to engage in violence and property damage, and put a person’s safety at risk. I have considered all of the disclosed circumstances in accordance with subsection 83(2) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (the 'Act'), and find that it would be unfair to the Landlord to grant relief from eviction or postpone the eviction pursuant to subsection 83(1) of the Act.

5. Since the Tenants have paid the rent up to December 31, 2009, the Landlord is entitled to daily compensation for the use of the unit commencing January 1, 2010, if the Tenants have not vacated the rental unit by that date.

SOL-74132-16 (Re), 2016 CanLII 79600 (ON LTB)

2. Without a file number or a hearing, I am not satisfied that it is fair to delay the Landlord’s application to be heard together with the Tenant’s application. I also was not persuaded that the Tenant had retained counsel to speak to the L1 application. It is more probable than not that any retainer between the Tenant and the paralegal sitting beside him that morning was conditional upon the Board granting an adjournment.

3. The Landlord’s notice of termination based on non-payment of rent is defective having failed to give the Tenant 14 days in which to void the notice and pay the rent. The Landlord agreed to proceed on the basis of arrears only and termination on the L2 application for Landlords’ own use.

4. Although the Tenant made a rent payment to the Landlord at the end of August 2016 I am satisfied this payment was applied to the month of July 2016 as is set out in the form L1 application. The Tenant has not paid the total rent the Tenant was required to pay for the period from July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016.

5. I am satisfied that the Landlords in good faith gave the Tenant a notice of termination because they intend to reside in the rental unit. The Landlords own another home which is in the midst of renovation and will later be listed for sale.