Hayley Carr is about to be homeless, along with her partner and her two young children. Just over four months ago, a small claims court sided with their ...
Haley Carr and Joey Fifield are shown at their Lower Sackville home with their children: Rayah Fifield, left, and Reign Fifield. Missing from photo: Ryker Fifield.Here’s what to watch with tropical storm Franklin this weekend, next week | SaltWireJust over four months ago, a small claims court sided with their landlord and ordered the family out of their duplex in Lower Sackville.
The Residential Tenancies Act allows landlords to turn out a tenant so a member of the owner’s family can move in. But a brother or sister doesn’t qualify. Under the act, “family” is defined only as the landlord’s spouse, child or parent. Tammy Wohler, a Nova Scotia Legal Aid lawyer, says she’s concerned. Wohler, who specializes in residential tenancy matters, says that it ignores clearly written limits on when a landlord can evict.
Carr has been looking as far as Windsor for a place, following up on as many as half a dozen apartment ads a day. All run two to three times the rent the couple is paying now, she says.
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