The roof leaks, and the insurance of the tenants asks for the reimbursement of the sums paid

In a decision rendered on May 28, 2021, the Administrative Housing Tribunal ordered the landlord to reimburse the tenants’ insurance company the sum of $975.03.

In this case, the tenants suffered losses to some of their household items as a result of water damage that occurred through infiltration from the roof.

The insurance company claimed from the landlord, by being subrogated to the rights of the tenants, the sum of $1867.20 that had been paid to the tenants to compensate them for the loss of two mattresses. This amount was reduced at the hearing by diminishing the value claimed to $933.60, considering that the age of the mattresses represented a depreciation factor of 50%.

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