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LANDLORD GAVE TENANCY TERMINATION NOTICES ONE MONTH BEFORE L’ORIGNAL APARTMENT FIRE
ANTOINE MESSIER antoine.messier@eap.on.ca
The owner of the burned-down apart- ment building on County Road 17 in L’Orignal previously informed tenants of his intention to tear down the building, signing tenancy termination notices a little more than a month before the fire. 0O%FDFNCFS "MCFSP/FZSBQSP - WJEFEUFOBOUTPGUIFCVJMEJOHBO/UFOBODZ UFSNJOBUJPOOPUJDF PGàDJBMMZJOGPSNJOHUIFN their leases would be end on April 30, 2024. 5IFMFHBMOPUJDF PCUBJOFECZ&"1TUBUFT UIFSFTJEFOUJBMCVJMEJOHXBTUPCFEFTUSPZFE to allow for the construction of a commercial XBSFIPVTF/FZSBBMTPPCUBJOFEBEFNPMJ - tion permit from Champlain Township on /PWFNCFS 5IFEFNPMJUJPOQFSNJU XBTBUUBDIFEUPUIF/ 5IF/GPSNJTVTFEUPFOEBUFOBOUT rental agreement for the purpose of des- USPZJOH SFOPWBUJOHPSDIBOHJOHBCVJMEJOH from residential another use. If the rental unit is located in a residential complex that contains at least five units, landlords must PGGFSUIFUFOBOUBNPOFUBSZBNPVOUFRVBMUP three months’ rent or an alternative unit. Had UIFCVJMEJOHCFFOEFTUSPZFEJO.BZBT planned, tenants would have been entitled to compensation. Citing the ongoing police investigation, /FZSBSFGVTFEUPTQFBLBCPVUUIFàSFJUTFMG however, he said he is open to giving some compensation to the residents. %FTQJUFTFOEJOHPVUUIF/OPUJDFT /FZSBFYQMBJOFEIFXBTTUJMMMPPLJOHUPTFMM the building instead of demolishing it before the fire occurred. He said the building had NBOZTUSVDUVSBMJTTVFTBOEBOFYQFSUJO DPOTUSVDUJPONBZIBWFCFFOCFUUFSRVBMJàFE to own and repair the building. Poor Tenant-Landlord relations /FZSBBMTPFYQMBJOFEUIBUIJTSFMBUJPOTIJQ with the tenants was strained, another reason he wanted to sell or demolish the former motel. i*XBTOUJOUFSFTUFEJONBOBHJOHRVBSSFMT 8FEJEOUIBWFHPPESFMBUJPOT uTBJE/FZSB of the building’s tenants in French. “It’s a shame what happened, but at the same time, JUTOPUTVSQSJTJOHXJUIUIFLJOEPGQFPQMF UIFZBSFu 1BTUBOEQSFTFOUUFOBOUTPGUIFCVJMEJOH agree that the relationship between the landlord and residents was often fraught. &NJMZ:PVOH BGPSNFSUFOBOUXIPNPWFE out of the building in December, explained she often overheard screaming matches between other residents and the landlord.
Le propriétaire de l’immeuble récemment incendié sur la route 17 près de L’Orignal avait envoyé des avis de résiliation de bail N13 à tous les locataires dans le but de détruire l’immeuble. (Joseph Coppolino, EAP)
i*EPOUUIJOLUIFSFXBTPOFUFOBOUUIBU HPUBMPOHXFMMXJUIIJNuTBJE:PVOH Other tenants living in the building at the UJNFPGUIFàSFTBJE/FZSBPGUFOCFDBNF frustrated and berated tenants. Julie Tom- LJOTPO TJTUFSPGDVSSFOUUFOBOU+VEF#FMJTMF said she and other tenants filed complaints BHBJOTU/FZSBPWFSUIFMBTUGFXZFBST /FZSBTBJEIFDPVMEOPUDPOàSNXIFUIFS or not complaints were made against him, but said he filed complaints against some of the tenants himself. The Fire 5IFàSFTUBSUFEBSPVOEQN'SJ - EBZ +BOVBSZ BGUFSBCSFBLFSDPOOFDUFE UPBWBDBOUBQBSUNFOUXBTáJQQFECZUIF landlord, according to several residents. 5IFàSFRVJDLMZTQSFBEUPUIFFOUJSFCVJM - ding, forcing the residents to evacuate and EFTUSPZJOHBMMOJOFBQBSUNFOUT"DDPSEJOHUP UIF)BXLFTCVSZEFUBDINFOUPGUIF0OUBSJP 1SPWJODJBM1PMJDF 011 BMMPDDVQBOUTXFSF FWBDVBUFEGSPNUIFCVJMEJOHXJUIPVUBOZ injuries reported. Champlain Township firefighters along XJUI DSFXT GSPN "MGSFE BOE 1MBOUBHFOFU 5PXOTIJQ )BXLFTCVSZBOE&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ
The N13 notice included a demolition permit issued by Champlains Township. (Document obtained by EAP)
were all called in to fight the fire. 5IF 0OUBSJP 1SPWJODJBM 1PMJDF 011 BOE 0OUBSJP 'JSF .BSTIBMM BSF DVSSFOUMZ
investigating the cause of the fire.
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