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Binny Kuriakose is a real estate investor and cardiologist who is now attempting to carry out the mass eviction of around 60 rooming house tenants in 13 buildings in Ottawa's Sandy Hill neighbourhood. (1/5)
#NoCovidEvictions
#NoCovidEvictions
This is 'renoviction'. Landlord issued N13 notices claiming tenants must move out because the landlord plans to renovate.
Landlords use renovation as a legal pretext to evict so frequently that a website has been set up to track cases in #Toronto. (2/5)
https://renovictionsto.com/
Landlords use renovation as a legal pretext to evict so frequently that a website has been set up to track cases in #Toronto. (2/5)
https://renovictionsto.com/
Tenants' 'right of first refusal', that tenants should be allowed to move back after renovations are complete, is not legally enforceable. This has been well documented by @emathieuStar in the case of 795 College Street. (3/5) https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/02/24/landlord-fined-75000-for-evicting-tenants-in-bad-faith-money-it-can-recoup-in-less-than-a-year-from-higher-rents.html
Tenants pay $400-500 for rooms with shared kitchen & bathroom. Eviction would mean being pushed onto the street.
Report that 13,000 Ontario tenants could be made homeless from eviction during #Covid_19 only accounts for evictions for unpaid rent. (4/5) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-foundation-covid-19-brief-housing-homelessness-evictions-1.5592404
Report that 13,000 Ontario tenants could be made homeless from eviction during #Covid_19 only accounts for evictions for unpaid rent. (4/5) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-foundation-covid-19-brief-housing-homelessness-evictions-1.5592404
Tenants are organized and refusing to move out.
Last week they visited the landlord's condo to deliver a demand letter. The landlord responded with a lawyer's letter insisting tenants should give up their homes. (5/5)
Media inquiries: OsgoodeStRenovictions@gmail.com
Last week they visited the landlord's condo to deliver a demand letter. The landlord responded with a lawyer's letter insisting tenants should give up their homes. (5/5)
Media inquiries: OsgoodeStRenovictions@gmail.com
