Gricken v Andriano, 2017 HRTO 698
The HRLSC represented tenant Janice Gricken in her human rights application against her landlord. The landlord was found to have violated a separate section of the Human Rights Code, reprisal, by “threatening to evict her and giving her groundless eviction notices, refusing to maintain her apartment in a state of repair, and vandalizing her bike.”
The Tribunal found that:
- “the respondent abused his position as a landlord by making the applicant’s personal life a misery”; and
- “the landlord made offensive gender-based comments and sexually demeaning gestures that denigrated her as a woman, and women in general.”
The Tribunal ordered:
- $20,000 in general damages as financial compensation for the discrimination;
- training for the landlord in human rights principles; and
- the landlord to adopt a written policy for the building that reflects the responsibilities of landlords, agents of the landlords or occupants of buildings under the Human Rights Code, including a complaint mechanism.
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