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Landlord ordered to pay damages for refusing to rent to a single mother on social assistance.
The complainant, a single mother on social assistance, alleged that the respondents refused to rent her an apartment because she was receiving public assistance.
The Board of Inquiry found that the respondents' refusal was indeed based on the complainant's source of income, violating sections 2(1) and 8 of the Human Rights Code.
The respondents were ordered to post human rights cards and pay the complainant $275.79 in special damages and $1,000 in general damages for mental anguish.
