Mom, daughter face homelessness after buying home and tenant refuses to leave | CBC News: An Ottawa homeowner says she and her daughter could soon be homeless
because they can’t move into the townhouse she bought in April due to a
tenant who refuses to leave — and she blames the Ontario government
for failing her family.
Elsie Kalu says the ordeal led to her
losing her job, plus she is now at risk of getting kicked out of her
rental and faces threats of foreclosure — losing her property to the
mortgage lender. She is begging Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board
(LTB) to grant her a hearing so she can state her case to evict her
tenant and finally move into the home she bought.
“Why would the
government allow another person to take everything from one person? It’s
like robbing the poor to pay the poor,” said Kalu, standing outside of
the home she hasn’t entered since buying it.
“It can’t be right. I cannot provide social services for another citizen. I’m not rich enough.”