Nanaimo tenants triumph in ‘reno-viction’ battle against landlord
NANAIMO — Several tenants of a midtown apartment building can breathe easier knowing they won’t be evicted from their affordable apartments to make way for renovations.
Three tenants of 250 Victoria Rd., their spokesperson Courtney Woolridge and legal counsel Noah Ross presented to the Residential Tenancy Branch on March 1, 2018 about eviction notices they received in December 2017.
They claimed they were being forced out of their apartments to make way for renovations, a practice known as “reno-viction,” after they earlier refused the renovations and the rent increases to $900 a month which would come with them.
Many in the 32-unit building agreed to the renovations and rent increase but weren’t told to leave their apartments to allow the work to be done.