After being renovicted from her home of nearly 20 years, Darlene Wesley says she doesn’t care how long it takes, she wants Ontario’s rental housing enforcement officers to investigate and fine her former landlord.
The Hamilton tenant alleges her landlord illegally evicted her last winter from her affordable, $720-a-month apartment, under the guise it would be temporary to allow for major renovations.
He’d done the same to her daughter and two other neighbours, she said. But as soon as they’d all moved out, he was quick to rent their units to new tenants for over $1,600 a month.
While the landlord has been allowed to carry
