Laura Petit said she's tired of feeling harrassed by her landlord.
Families in Thunder Bay accuse landlord of illegally shutting power, threats amid calls for better protections
Petit and other tenants and their advocates say more needs to be done to protect people from landlords who repeatedly violate housing laws. "We try to be nice, be patient — we fix a few things that we didn't damage. But yet we still go through this," said Petit.Paul Dubé says both landlords and tenants deserve to have a better system to settle their disputes.
Petit and multiple other current and former tenants who had rented from Mac Dougall told CBC they experienced vital services being cut off, harassment and maintenance issues. Douglas Kwan, a director at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario , says he’s worried about what is happening in the rental market and many people's lack of faith in the Landlord and Tenant Board .
"GTFO before things get worse. I am planning to take this physical here with both of you... WRATH OF THE LANDLORD," reads an email to the tenants from Mac Dougall, who also goes by the name "Powerhouse." Mac Dougall has never been an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, a UFC spokesperson said via email.Mac Dougall agreed to an interview but said it would require scheduling an appointment with his office, which would cost $77.77. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices prohibits paying for information from a source in a story. After CBC informed Mac Dougall of this policy, he said he was raising the price to $180.
A tribunal backlog ballooned to more than 38,000 applications, as the average time it took the board to schedule hearings went from days to seven to eight months, the report said.
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