Eviction appeal successful for another resident of Summerside’s Causeway Bay Hotel
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — No less than for the second, Cheryl MacLean doesn’t have to depart her room at Summerside’s Causeway Bay Lodge.
MacLean is one among three residents of the resort nonetheless awaiting choices from the Island Regulatory and Appeals Fee (IRAC). They have been interesting eviction notices they’d obtained from the property’s new homeowners, who’re in search of to cease renting the rooms to long-term tenants to allow them to renovate the resort.
MacLean was knowledgeable by letter on Nov. 9 that her enchantment had been profitable and IRAC would disallow her eviction. SaltWire Community was nonetheless attempting to substantiate the standing of the opposite two hearings by deadline.
The stress of getting this newest eviction discover hanging over her head has been immense as a result of there are few if another choices for housing in her value vary, mentioned MacLean, who depends on help from incapacity advantages to pay her lease.
“The opposite evening I simply cried and I cried and I cried. It’s big-time nerve-racking,” she mentioned. “I actually don’t need to go in any respect. I like being right here. I may be by my buddies … I’m near the department stores. I’m not that removed from doing my laundry.”
That is the second eviction discover MacLean has weathered from the resort’s new possession group. All of the long-term residents of the enterprise got eviction notices in September. They appealed to IRAC, however the homeowners voluntarily withdrew the orders earlier than a listening to may very well be held.
The second spherical of eviction notices was handed out on Oct. 13; this time the homeowners cited injury to the items attributable to the residents because the reasoning behind the orders.
MacLean maintained that the injury to her unit was induced earlier than she moved in.
IRAC sided along with her and located that the homeowners had failed to offer ample proof that the injury to her unit was attributable to her.
“The officer finds that the documentary proof submitted by the owner to be inadequate to ascertain its declare. Additional, the officer finds that with out further witness testimony to collaborate the owner’s declare, the owner has not supplied ample proof to find out the injury to the premises was attributable to the tenant throughout her quick tenure within the premises,” concluded IRAC.
The eviction discover had initially ordered MacLean to depart the premises by Nov. 14. IRAC’s choice provides her time to maintain on the lookout for one other dwelling, however ideally, she wish to keep the place she is so long as doable, she mentioned.
Colin MacLean is a reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. He may be reached by electronic mail at [email protected] and adopted on Twitter @JournalPMacLean.
