Edmonton landlord ordered to pay $10K after retaliatory rent increase

The tribunal found that the landlord failed in his legal obligation to accommodate her disability by dealing with those noise complaints, and reacted by increasing the rent beyond the woman’s means, effectively ending her tenancy.Article content

He claimed he was unaware of any connection between the woman’s noise complaints and her disabilities, and also that the rent increase was not a factor in raising her rent, arguments that Badejo rejected.Article content The ruling outlines how she made four noise complaints between September of 2017 and January of 2018, including one that required police to break up an altercation between the couple renting the upstairs suite.Article content

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