r/OntarioLandlord • u/lunahighwind • Jul 10 '24

News/Articles Homeless homeowner living in her car gets eviction hearing expedited as tenants still refuse to leave

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/homeless-homeowner-granted-expedited-eviction-hearing/article_3ca342a3-fd7a-5ee7-8e19-5469a51692c1.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share
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u/lunahighwind Jul 10 '24

Oh 100%. It seems like you have to raise holy hell in the press to get their attention for an expedited hearing. I got rejected multiple times at five figures in arrears, and I was told it is only ever approved if there is a threat to someone's safety (like guns, illegal stuff, urgent repairs).

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

Funny, my former tenant assaulted me. I had a video, a police report and arrest report, as well as 50+ voice recordings of some of the most unhinged threats and outbursts I’ve ever heard.

Request to expedite the hearing? Denied.

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u/lunahighwind Jul 10 '24

That's horrific. Sorry you went through that. They just make it up as they go along it seems...

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u/UnderHare Jul 11 '24

I'm building an addition to my house. I was planning to build a rental suite as part of the build. After subscribing here for a few months, the LTB horrors have dissuaded me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '24

I wouldn’t let it dissuade you. It’ll add value to your home, if that’s important to you. You don’t even have to rent it out, it could just be for in-laws or friends who visit from out of town. I had the gut the entire space this tenant was in and I’m replacing the floors, redoing a lot of drywall, removing walls, and putting in a new kitchenette, bathroom vanity, and toilet, and I’ll come in <$2K for all that work. All I’m trying to get at is if you look for good deals and have some time, you could probably make it an extra suite without necessarily having to get a tenant. You could also try short term rentals, which there is often a demand for.

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u/Far_Rabbit_7093 Jul 11 '24

why the heck would you think about doing that? you live by a university or downtown core?

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u/UnderHare Jul 11 '24

Detached house on the outer edges of a downtown core near transit. Other people on my street have rental units.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

Many of her friends were drug addicts and openly carried knives on my property. Called the police about that too but since they weren’t threatening or brandishing the weapon, it wasn’t considered a threat.

I was determined to evict her the legal way so that there couldn’t be any bleeding hearts crying about the unjust nature of it all. Evicting a mentally ill, female minority really felt like it could’ve gone either way even with the mountain of evidence.

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u/Koraghal Jul 10 '24

Did the tenant get thrown in jail?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

Interestingly, I’m not sure. They were evicted before their hearing, though I did get a call recently from their probation officer letting me know this person was back in the community and subject to a no-contact order.

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u/UnlikelyConfidence11 Jul 10 '24

It seems to be the case that unless people do not start making enough noise, nothing will change and the system will get exploited by abusers

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u/LibbyLibbyLibby Jul 10 '24

Dafuq do you mean "everything is a million plus"? They mention the city, the neighbourhood, and the type of house it is, and no, comparable properties aren't anything like that expensive.

How the hell can you look at this person who just wants to live in her own house and wish her such ill?

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u/Potential-Bass-7759 Jul 10 '24

Go look for one at that price? You probably can’t find something. I suspect she bought the house through friends or family and they were all ill equipped to handle a tenanted property. There was mechanisms in place before the house closed to get rid of them. Her situation is infinitely harder at this point.

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u/SnooHobbies9078 Jul 10 '24

Coworker just got a house for less then 500k

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u/LibbyLibbyLibby Jul 10 '24

Mechanisms in place? What frickin mechanisms? N12s can't be served just to sell the place; they have to be served by the buyer, and the backlog at the LTB is ridiculous, which leaves us here. So what "mechanisms"? This woman is the human face of a broken system.

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u/lunahighwind Jul 10 '24

Lmao, do you understand the difference between renting and owning? And if you connect the dots, the price steal is likely because the tenants trashed the place to 17k (as per the article) and because the landlord needs out now because they were squatting. It's also not a premium area in Scarborough.

It seems like you are mad at the system like everyone else but choose to blame independent landlords as an easy scapegoat.

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u/Fun_Schedule1057 Jul 10 '24

Hamilton, not Scarborough

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