A single mother living in Lunenburg, N.S., is fighting to get back into her apartment of six years after the water and power were shut off when the landlord began demolition work.
Around 10:30 a.m. on April 1, the woman said she tried to turn the tap on in her bathroom and no water came out. She then tried the bathtub and heard only air in the pipes."So I called my mom, and I cursed and I was pissed off and I said, he cut off my effing water," the woman said. "I said I can't even wash my hands."
Nova Scotia banned so-called renovictions, situations where tenants are evicted to make way for renovations, in November 2020. The measure lasted until March 22 of this year when the pandemic state of emergency was lifted. The woman has lived there since 2016, and pays $550 a month, plus utilities for her two-bedroom, 650-square-foot unit. Edwards estimates the new units would be in the ballpark of $1,500.In May 2021, Edwards sent the first email informing all tenants that they'd need to be prepared to move out when the renoviction ban lifted, as the construction work he was planning would be extensive and take up to a year.
"I let him know, basically you can't do this," she said. "And his reply to me was everyone's been on hold for a year. This is going ahead."What happened on April 1 The tenant said there are many issues with the building, including a moldy ceiling in a storage area that contains the hot water heater.
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