Jim Rice/Stuff
The former tenant filed a complaint against the landlord for “unpleasant” visits, resulting in an award of nearly $2k. (File photo) Khan came to the property uninvited two to three times a week, banged on the kitchen window, yelling and speaking to the tenant in an “unpleasant, pushy way”. At one point, the landlord knocked on the window at 11.30pm to raise issues about her tenancy and tell her to pay an unlawful increased rent. The Residential Tenancy Act states “the rent must not be increased within 12 months after the date of the commencement of the tenancy”, and she had been staying at the property for less than a year.
Owner of Penticton s Ogopogo Motel says he has the right to evict residents | iNFOnews
infotel.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from infotel.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Why Vancouver s common no-pets clause presents particular challenges for tenants with disabilities
cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Recovery from disaster is a long process, as this Museum of Anthropology exhibition demonstrates. Open until Sept. 19.
But it’s been difficult to keep on top of his wound care regimen, he says, because he was abruptly told in mid-June he’d have to leave the Chinatown hostel he’d lived in for six months.
The owner of the Main Hostel at 927 Main St. says her building is set up as a backpackers’ hostel, not a long-term residence.
Lorraine Shorrock told The Tyee the building was no longer suitable for Desjarlais to live in because he was having a hard time walking and there is no elevator. She didn’t think her staff should have to clean up the bloody sheets in his room, and Shorrock said his room was small and had very little air circulation.
• Source:
A group of Wellington flatmates have received a nasty shock after discovering they re trapped in a lease because their landlord is biding time before getting the property up to the Healthy Home Standards. Wellington Source: 1 NEWS
By Charlie Dreaver for rnz.co.nz
The standards have now come into effect, meaning landlords need to get their property up to spec within 90 days of a new tenancy.
But renting and student advocates fear more people could become stuck in tenancies they do not want, in poor quality housing.
A Wellington renter who wishes to remain anonymous said she and other flatmates have been looking at moving out of their flat and finding replacement tenants.