This tenant won $16K from her landlord. She worries she may never get it

When Windsor, Ont., renter Lisa Lum found out that Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) sided in her favour and ordered her former landlord to pay her more than $16,000, she thought she could finally move on. 

But as it turns out, the case is far from over. 

According to a decision from the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), Lum was evicted twice in bad faith by her landlord. As a result, the LTB said that the landlord owes a $5,000 administrative fee to the LTB and another $16,680 to Lum. 

The case took about two years to be heard. The order, issued on Feb. 7, says