A New Brunswick tenant says he’s being pushed out of his rented bungalow as retribution for complaining about his landlord, but his landlord says she’s the victim of an unfair tenancy tribunal ruling that is preventing her from using the unit to house family.
Jonathan King and his landlord, Ashmin Goolab, have been embroiled in a bitter year-long dispute involving a notice of a 65 per cent rent increase, a failed eviction attempt, and claims that the unit is needed to house Goolab’s mother-in-law.
King, who lives in Chipman, said Goolab is trying to force him and his wife out of their affordably priced bungalow in an effort to circumvent New Brunswick’s rent cap, and as retribution for a complaint he made about being given improper notice to alter their lease.
What a fool you are. There will always be a renter class in this society we’ve all created. I merely pointed out that renters are not the problem here, and owning comes with a lot of it’s own headaches. Yes, it is nice to own and builds equity, why doesn’t my paying rent build anything? It doesn’t even affect my credit score nor prove I am able to make a mortgage payment?! That is a real issue that should be identified and fixed, maybe it should eat into the equity a landlord builds on their property? Maybe that could stymie some of the speculation.
I also did specifically say that housing should not be treated like a commodity, but y’all go ahead and eat your own tail. I was paying the rent on a shared living space with 4 other people and the bank viewed that as a liability, not proof I can handle my finances. They cut off my credit card due to this potential liability hanging over me?!