MHHS · Residential Tenancies Act
Part 3 — Remedies of Landlords and Tenants
39 Compensation to tenant
damages or for compensation for the cost of performing the
landlord's obligations, a court may
(a) direct that the tenant pay into the court, pending and after
disposition of the application, those amounts of rent as they
become due that the court considers appropriate, and
(b) direct that any amount of rent paid into the court be
disbursed
(i) to the tenant as damages, or
(ii) to the landlord, the tenant or a third party, for costs
reasonably incurred in performing the landlord's
obligations,
and that any remaining amount be paid to the landlord.