Case Study

Damage to property application · Toronto · LTB-L-088925-24

Ontario LTB order in Toronto · January 5, 2026 · Granted

🕑 Case timeline

Application Date: Not Available

Hearing Date: September 24, 2025

Order Issued: January 5, 2026

Termination Date: Not Available

Eviction Deadline: Not Available

ℹ️ Case overview

Case Number: LTB-L-088925-24
Address: 1604-1 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, ON M4W0B1
Amount Awarded: $9,830.00
Decision In Favor: Landlord
Application Type: Damage to property application
RTA Sections: Section 87, Section 88.2, Section 89, Section 82

👥 Parties involved

Landlord: Qian Li
Landlord Rep: Self Represented
Tenant:
Tenant Rep: Self Represented
Adjudicator: Colin Elsby
Keywords: damage to property, rent deposit, maintenance and repairs

⚖️ Decision summary

This Landlord application — Damage to property application — was granted.

📑 Findings & determinations

It is ordered that: 1. The Former Tenant shall pay to the Landlord $9,830.00, which represents rent and compensation owing up to February 20, 2024. File Number: LTB-L-088925- 24 Order Page 4 of 4 2. The Former Tenant shall also pay to the Landlord $358.24, which represents the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses the Landlord incurred as a result of the unpaid utility costs. 3. The Former Tenant shall pay to the Landlord $186.00 for the cost of filing the application. 4. The Landlord owes $1,888.42 which is the amount of the rent deposit and interest on the rent deposit, and this is deducted from the amount owing by the Former Tenant. 5. The total amount the Former Tenant owes the Landlord is $8,485.82. 6. If the Former Tenant does not pay the Landlord the full amount owing on or before January 16, 2026, the Former Tenant will start to owe interest. This will be simple interest calculated from January 17, 2026 at 4.00% annually on the balance outstanding. January 5, 2026 ____________________________ Date Issued Colin Elsby Member, Landlord and Tenant Board 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor Toronto ON M7A 2G6

💡 Summary points

applied for an order requiring Lubona Shamatutu (the 'Former Tenant') to pay the Landlord's reasonable out-of-pocket costs that are the result of the Former Tenant's failure to pay utility costs they were required to pay under the terms of the tenancy agreement. Qian Li (the 'Landlord') applied for an order requiring Lubona Shamatutu (the 'Former Tenant') to pay the Landlord's reasonable out-of-pocket costs that the Landlord incurred or will incur to repair or replace undue damage to property. The damage was caused wilfully or negligently by the Former Tenant, another occupant of the rental unit or someone the Former Tenant permitted in the residential complex. This application was heard by videoconference on September 24, 2025.
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