Recently, a Toronto landlord found herself the subject of a news
article on CBC.com and the subject of discussions on various news
radio talk shows (see link here).
The landlord was looking to rent a two bedroom, two bathroom
condominium for $1,900.00 a month. A young couple, Ryan Young (23)
and Nina Tesan (22) applied to rent the condominium unit and
provided the landlord with credit reports that rated them as
"excellent" along with letters from their employers
showing they have full-time jobs and a combined income of about
$80,000 a year. The couple planned for two of Tesan's sisters
to move in with them to share expenses.
The couples rental application was denied in an email from the
landlord's real estate agent, Edmund Fajardo of Royal LePage
Terrequity who wrote, in part: "After discussing it with my
client, she's decided that she would not like to have four
young adults living in her apartment." Arguably, it is
not clear from the realtor's email whether the
