📍 St. Catharines, Ontario
Landlord and Tenant dispute over the applicability of the Residential Tenancies Act.
Tenant and Landlord shared kitchen and bathroom facilities.
Tenant vacated the premises before the hearing.
The Act's applicability needs assessment based on shared use of facilities despite private facilities available to the Landlord.
The decision focuses on whether shared facilities necessitate the application of the Residential Tenancies Act.
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