A recently widowed Saint John woman has been given notice of a 74 per cent rent increase on the apartment she shared with her late husband after an Ontario company bought her apartment building.
“You just can’t come in and slap a 74 per cent rent increase on someone who is 66 years old on a pension,” said Roxanne Cormier. She wants to see New Brunswick place limits on large rent increases people like her are experiencing.
“To me, it’s unethical, it’s not fair, and it’s inhumane.”
Cormier lost her husband in October. The couple have rented an apartment in a building
