Tenants of Sandy Hill, a new tenant union in the neighbourhood, had an inaugural launch event on March 22
Smart Living Properties
I’m writing to address two recent stories in The Fulcrum where fires in properties that are owned or managed by Smart Living Properties have been referenced. I appreciate the opportunity to shed light on the events surrounding these unfortunate incidents.
If you want out of your lease you must find someone to take your lease, but if your apartment burns down — your landlord owes you nothing!
Martha Capener found her whole life flipped upside down after her house burned down and her landlord gave barely any support.
University of Ottawa professor David Wiseman’s Access to Justice and Alternative Business Structures Project is continuing its fight to protect a small number of tenants facing N13 renovation eviction notices in units sprawling from 146 to 170 Osgoode Avenue in Sandy Hill.
‘Renoviction’ and gentrification business strategies have raised concerns in a Sandy Hill mass eviction slated for the end of October. University of Ottawa law professors and their students are using their lab to help support tenants.
