Many condominium units are purchased as investment properties
with the owners leasing out the units to tenants. This may result
in a condominium building that has numerous landlords who don't
live in the building, and tenants who are unconcerned with the
impact of their detrimental conduct towards the property and other
residents. A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of
Justice demonstrates the limitations faced by a condominium and
unit owner to evict a tenant from the building, and the
consequences to a unit owner for the destructive conduct of her
tenant.
In MTCC No. 1025 v. Hui, 2021 ONSC 5839 (CanLII), a
condominium owner leased her unit in May 2021. Shortly thereafter,
the tenant began to engage in "bizarre and threatening
behaviour," including threatening the condominium's
security guard with a knife, exposing himself, and enabling an
individual to deal drugs on the condominium premises. He caused
physical damage to the condominium building and
