Matthieu Tetreault sits inside the addition he built onto his RV in Wellington, N.S. alongside his dog Harper. HRM has said Tetreault must be out of the RV by early February.
A Halifax-area veteran is being told to leave the recreational vehicle where he lives, because the municipality says it contravenes a local bylaw.A Halifax-area veteran is being told to leave the RV where he lives because it's against a local bylaw. He says the order is unfair in the middle of winter - and a housing crisis. The CBCs Haley Ryan reports.Matthieu Tetreault closes the door of his wood stove and settles back into a chair beside his dog, coffee cup in hand.
"Am I supposed to just get a tent now? Would that be more feasible to them? I don't understand why it's that big a deal, when there's people in worse-off situations than I'm in." Tetreault said although he understands HRM has bylaws against people living in RVs, there should be some leeway given the ongoing housing crisis. He had his wood stove built to the proper codes, he said, and an inspector with Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency signed off on it as a safe heat source.More than 65% of Nova Scotians experienced a housing challenge in the past year: StatsCan
Michelle McClung, Tetreault's mother, said she wishes whoever complained had come to her directly. She said they could have moved the RV further from the road or put up screening to hide it.She said she feels the complaint-based bylaw system is unfair, because she knows of at least two other people in the neighbourhood who have been living in RVs for years.
"It's horrible," McClung said, speaking through tears. "It's hard when they all have to come home, you know, because of the circumstance and the economy."
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