What decisions have been made by the Human Rights Board of Inquiry on the issue of refusal of rental accommodations based on family status?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Leadley v. Oakland Developments Ltd., 2004 CanLII 94537 (NS HRC):

There have been numerous decisions in which human rights boards of inquiry have ruled on the matter of refusal of rental accommodations based on family status. Indeed, I sat as Chair in the first case interpreting s. 5(1)(b)(r) of the Act in 1994. In Grant v. Strug, February 28, 1994 [ CHRR Doc. 94-128] (N.S. Bd.Inq.) (unreported), the complainant signed a one-year lease with the respondent on March 6, 1990, for a two-bedroom apartment. She was pregnant at the time the tenancy commenced and had not been informed by the landlord or his agent that the building was for adults only.

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