A Toronto-area woman is facing eviction after she aired her concerns about her building's maintenance publicly to CBC Toronto. The notice said airing the complaints publicly hindered 'the landlord's reasonable enjoyment of the residential complex.'
Johnston and other tenants in the low-rise complex, located near Central Parkway East and Highway 403, told CBC Toronto the problems had existed since the beginning of 2020 when a new superintendent and property manager took over.
"The Landlord has reviewed every maintenance request you have submitted and not a single issue has been unanswered or not dealt with within a timely manner; making your accusations with the CBC news report not only untrue but also very hurtful for the Landlord's reputation," paralegal Kelly Hawkes, the landlord's agent, wrote in the letter Johnston received in December.
"The matter will be in front of the LTB and due to privacy matters, we have no further comment with respect to her tenancy," the email reads.No date for a hearing has been set, according to the LTB. Last Tuesday, Johnston said the complaints she and other tenants aired in October were legitimate, and some have still not been resolved.
Geordie Dent, executive director of the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations, says it's not uncommon for landlords to try to persuade residents to leave so they can bring in new tenants at higher rents. Paralegal Barrington Lue Sang says he has never heard of a case where a landlord successfully evicted a tenant on the grounds that the tenant was publicly complaining about their living conditions.
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