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Landlord ordered to pay $5,000 for refusing to rent to a transgender applicant and her partner.
The applicants, a same-sex couple where one partner is a trans woman, alleged discrimination in housing by the respondent landlord.
The respondent initially offered them a main floor unit but withdrew the offer after meeting the trans applicant and seeing her identification.
The Tribunal found that the respondent's refusal to rent the main floor unit was discriminatory based on gender identity and association.
Additionally, the Tribunal found that the respondent's comments regarding the comfort of other tenants with a same-sex couple constituted harassment.
The Tribunal ordered the respondent to pay each applicant $2,500 for injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect.
