A Halifax man says he no longer has a place to live after coming home from work to find his belongings thrown out of his apartment.
Although the Nova Scotia Rental Board said he had the right to stay, the man can no longer access the unit due to ongoing renovations.
Floyd Poulain had lived in the apartment, in the Fairview neighborhood, for four years. The incident happened last week and now he doesn’t know how to proceed.
“Kitchen table, lots of dishes in the cupboard, everything is gone,” he said.
“The bedroom set is missing. Someone called me on the phone and said, “Your bedroom set is going out into the street, someone is taking your bedroom set and your mattresses,” and I said, “Fucking pimp!”
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Poulain said he was opposed to an eviction notice at the time, under the pretext that the owner wanted to move his family into his home.
He recently testified before the Nova Scotia Residential Tenancies Board, which agreed he had the right to stay in his home. However, due to ongoing renovation work, he was unable to move back in.
“The place is totally demolished. The bathtubs, everything is gone,” he explained.
The 11-unit building was purchased in September by a company called People’s Property Limited.
Poulain’s lawyer, Sydnee Blum, claims the building’s owners entered Poulain’s apartment after a misunderstanding in which his keys ended up in the hands of the concierge while he was away. him.
“The owner had entered the apartment and dumped all of the furniture and personal belongings in a dumpster and on the lawn and has since begun renovating the unit,” Blum said.
“My client was denied access to the unit and it has now been rendered uninhabitable due to renovations. »
Poulain says he is weighing his options and knows it will cost him thousands of dollars to replace his belongings. He also doesn’t know where he will live next.
In a statement to Global News, the landlord’s attorney, Derek Brett, says Poulain “abandoned the former rental property.”
Brett says his client looks forward to putting his name forward in court and will “allow the evidence to speak for itself.”
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