I rented to someone from Vancouver who didn’t have a job, references, or credit information. To compensate she gave me the last two months rent. She gave notice to move out, and is now taking me to the Board for illegal rent. What are my options?

As you are already aware, a landlord can only collect the last month’s rent deposit. If you collect anything above one month’s rent, that would be considered an illegal deposit even if the tenant offered. If she is taking the matter to the Landlord and Tenant Board to get the deposit back, then the Board will most likely order that you return it to her. There is no way to argue this.

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