Posts Tagged ‘Landlord and Tenant Board’

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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

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The Bentley-driving tenant from hell

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

By MICHELE MANDEL, Toronto Sun

She’s b-a-a-a-a-ck.

The Bentley-driving, condo-trashing tenant from hell who likes to claim she’s a Persian princess is back before the Landlord and Tenant Board for the umpteenth time.

Call her Mojgan Amir-Davani — or by her other six known monikers: Mozhe Aamere, Mozhe (Mozhgan) Avanni, Mozhe Amerjhajar, Mozhe Sheena Mere, Mozhgan Amere Ghajaar or Amiri Mojgan.

Whatever her alias, her modus operandi is the same: She’s terrorized at least four high-end condo owners in North York, convincing them she’s a successful broadcasting executive only to turn into a destructive squatter who expertly plays the system for months of free rent before she’s finally turfed out and moves on to her next victim.

We first told her tale here in January, of frustrated landlord Jane Randall who rented her investment property to the dark haired beauty only to be stiffed with $12,000 in unpaid rent and thousands more in damage.

Claiming to be suffering from cancer and refusing to move, her dog’s feces spilling off her balcony, the carpets stained with blood and urine, Amir-Davani was brilliantly manipulative.

When Randall repeatedly turned to the tenancy board for help, she was told to wait. And wait some more.

Six months later, she finally left only to move down the street into a Hollywood Ave. condo owned by another small landlord who’s now going through the same horror story.

We’ll call him Frank because he’s too embarrassed to use his real name. Renting out his two-bedroom luxury unit for the first time, the 35-year-old scientist was counting on the $1,920 monthly rent to help pay off his student loans and mortgage.

He figured his realtor had found him the ideal tenant when she arrived in a chauffeur-driven Bentley to sign the deal in February.

She said she was newly arrived from California and provided a reference no one seems to have checked.

Within a few months, his kitchen was damaged by fire, tenants below were complaining about feces dripping from her balcony and her rent cheques began to bounce as hard as a rubber ball.

Amir-Davani didn’t respond to a request for comment.

During a recent inspection, a contractor told Frank it will cost $9,800 to repair the damage so far. He’s also out $2,000 in legal fees and at least $6,000 in arrears.

“It’s hard to sleep some nights,” Frank admits. “The financial cost is one thing. But then there’s the emotional thing: Is she ever going to be out?”

He’s turned to Harry Fine, president of Landlord Solutions and the paralegal who helped evict Amir-Davani from a Harrison Garden condo in 2007.

“I see it every week and my heart goes out to them,” says Fine of naive landlords scammed by professional squatters. “They don’t check references. They don’t do credit checks.”

She finally agreed to move by Aug. 7 as long as Frank waived her back rent and damages. Not surprisingly, the date came and went, with her still comfortably ensconced in his ruined condo.

What she didn’t know is that Fine arranged for her to be confronted by Frank, Randall, and her 2007 landlord when she arrived at her eviction hearing Aug. 9.

“Like a husband walking into a room to be faced by his three ex-wives who had been exchanging stories, the tenant walked into the hearing room Monday morning to find not one but three of her victims,” Fine recalls. “She was furious.”

A landlord and tenant adjudicator gave her until Aug. 31 to leave. But Frank’s hardly home free: As soon as Amir-Davani files an appeal — and she’s vowed to do so — he’ll be back waiting for yet another hearing and yet another eviction date.

“The legal system just takes forever and is so weighted to the side of tenants,” he complains.

Which makes even less sense when this notorious tenant has been the subject of so many eviction hearings.

“She’s been in the exact same hearing room and still it goes on? How does someone get away with that?” he sighs.

“She’s the tenant from hell and beyond.”

http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/michele_mandel/2010/08/20/15092061.html

A Cautionary Tale For Landlords in Ontario

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

The devastation in this video should have been avoided. The tenants responsible for this destruction have done this before. Too many times. Their victims: small, residential landlords who were vulnerable, unsuspecting and could ill afford what would happen to their investment properties.

The victims: Tyler and Lisa Sage, Amatal Wadood, Gary and Nancy Woodley, Judin and Anne Xavier, Lois Debeaucamp. There are more.

The story is the same for each of them. The tenants pose as a responsible and financially responsible couple, seeking a nice home in a lovely neighbourhood. They express a sincere desire to raise their little girl in a safe area, and are planning to purchase their own home one day soon. Landlords love their story, they appear to be excellent prospective tenants.

Soon after they move in, the games begin. Bounced cheques, emails full of excuses and lies. The moment the landlords begin to stand up to them, the truth is realized. They lied from the beginning. They know the system. They threaten, and hold property hostage while the system governing evictions grinds along. All the while, the conditions inside and outside the homes deteriorates. When it’s over, the rent arrears are significant, the damage is unbelievable. Instead of being ashamed or remorseful, however, they file applications against their landlords for harassment, and file Claims in the higher courts for the heaps of belongings they leave behind.

These tenants do not face any exposure or consequence before the Landlord and Tenant Board, and they are empowered to do it over and over and over again. It’s time to ask WHY.

The Ontario ‘Sunshine List’ 2010 – Landlord & Tenant Board Salaries over $100,000/year

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Please see the Ontario government website for details:

http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/salarydisclosure/2010/crown10.html

Employer— Surname—Name—Position—Salary Paid—Taxable Benefits

Landlord & Tenant Board  BECKETT ELIZABETH Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  BRYCE LAURA Administrative Lead  $142,571.13 $228.08

Landlord & Tenant Board  BUFFA VICENZINA Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $103,385.76 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  BUGBY KIM E. Vice Chair, Southwest Region $114,104.71  $195.06

Landlord & Tenant Board  BURKE WILLIAM Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  CHING VINCENT Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $100,925.20 $172.26

Landlord & Tenant Board  CORMIER BRIAN A. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  FAHLGREN NANCY A. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  FELLMAN ELI T. Vice Chair, Toronto East Region  $130,424.60 $222.99

Landlord & Tenant Board  GAGNON REGENT Vice Chair, Northern and Eastern Regions  $130,424.60 $222.99

Landlord & Tenant Board  GRAHAM MURRAY W. Vice Chair, Toronto North Region  $130,424.60 $222.99

Landlord & Tenant Board  HANEY DEBORAH M. Regional Manager, Southwestern  $104,067.66 $170.34

Landlord & Tenant Board  HENRY SEAN D. Vice Chair, Central Region  $122,264.63 $208.96

Landlord & Tenant Board  HOMSI ELKE Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $102,688.93 $174.10

Landlord & Tenant Board  HUNT DOUGLAS Regional Manager, Southern  $107,023.14 $170.34

Landlord & Tenant Board  JOY GREGORY Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  KING CAROLINE A. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  LESLIE CLAUDETTE A. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $100,670.85 $172.26

Landlord & Tenant Board  MA LILIAN Y. Chair, Landlord & Tenant Board  $166,338.44 $284.30

Landlord & Tenant Board  MACKINNON VERNON W. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $104,539.70 $178.06

Landlord & Tenant Board  MACRI DIANA R. Director, Operations  $138,185.03 $223.80

Landlord & Tenant Board  MARTIN IEVA Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  MCMASTER JAMES G. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $104,370.13 $168.78

Landlord & Tenant Board  MOSCROP MERVYN Regional Manager, Toronto East  $104,067.66 $170.34

Landlord & Tenant Board  NAUD GERALD Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  OPITZ BRIAN Manager, Corporate Services  $104,142.48 $179.52

Landlord & Tenant Board  ROZEHNAL JANA Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $100,670.85 $172.26

Landlord & Tenant Board  SAVOIE GUY W. Vice Chair, Toronto South Region  $130,424.60 $222.99

Landlord & Tenant Board  SHAMATUTU FREDA Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  TAYLOR GERALD D. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Landlord & Tenant Board  USPRICH MARIAM E. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $102,689.93 $174.10

Landlord & Tenant Board  VANDELFT JONELLE E. Vice Chair, Southern Region  $118,203.12 $201.88

Landlord & Tenant Board  VOTTA ROSA Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $100,690.47 $170.66

Landlord & Tenant Board  WALLACE BRADLEY J. Member, Landlord & Tenant Board  $105,440.08 $180.04

Tenant Screening: The Previous Landlord Reference!

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Information posted on one of Canada’s most popular websites:

A: Help!  I’m breaking my lease, but the new landlord needs a reference from my previous landlord! 

B:  In case you havent figured out – most tenants put on a cell number of a friend for the reference, then claim that person was the landlord for either your present place, or a previous place. Same for work reference for tenant applications.  Think about it for a second – most places you rent are private residential properties.   The owners aren’t too thorough!    I trust you know what do, something that is already done by probably 70% of the other applicants!