📍 Ajax, Ontario
Tenant applied for a rebate claiming illegal retention of money by the landlord.
Landlord ordered to repay $2,200.00 illegally retained and $53.00 for application costs.
Landlord not entitled to retain the second month's rent deposit.
Lease not properly terminated by the tenant alone.
Landlord to pay tenant $2,200.00 for illegal retention of rent deposit.
Additional $53.00 awarded for application costs.
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