Pema Zela says she considered bankruptcy after her tenant refused to leave the home she owns.
When Zela and her husband needed to move back into the home in Toronto’s east end, she says the tenant told them he would not leave even though his lease was up, stopped paying rent and soon tried to “make a deal” with them, asking for $50,000 to vacate the property.
“It was unimaginable to me when he first said ‘No,’ he won’t leave. I thought: ‘This is my house. How can someone do this?'” Zela said.
“I had a pain in my stomach,” she said.
“When he
