I had a tenancy issue that began in 2018. Due to the loss of rental income which is now $27,200, I could not afford to maintain my principal residence and decided to move my family into the basement suite and the tenant lived on the main floor above us. In May of 2021 I thought I had completed the last hearing date regarding the issues of harassment and violence against me and previous tenants. My tenant had threatened to shoot me when I was standing on the outside of the door and she was on the inside. I recorded the threat, it was investigated by the Police, and a Police report was given as evidence in the hearing. The Adjudicator did not grant an eviction and said he felt that I had instigated the threat. Please remember what I just said about the Adjudicator. That same month that tenant pulled a gun on me and my family and the Police arrived with more than 30 vehicles, helicopters, a mobile command post, canine unit, bomb disposal unit and a tactical vehicle tank of which there are only 2 in the GTA and blocked the street. After a 6 hour standoff, the Police used the tools at their disposal and brought the situation to an end.
Not only could this have been resolved in much less time, by the LTB, it was an additional cost to all of us, the taxpayers, and in the end it was resolved by the Police, not the Landlord Tenant Board. Let me add one other interesting point, to date, the emergency Order from May 25, 2021 requested by the landlord’s paralegal has still not been issued. Today is June 16, 2021. It’s shameful. Change needs to happen. I will never be a landlord again. That means 2 rental properties have been removed from the market.
Photo Credit: Colin Williamson
