Hamilton Indigenous Housing

Today Hamilton Community Legal Clinic presented another session at Wesley Urban Ministries titled “Landlord and Tenant Matters”.   Sharon Crowe the lawyer for HLC went into further detail and continued on from the previous session.   She explained when a tenant arrives at the Landlord and Tenant Tribunal how to obtain tenant duty counsel and mediators. Sharon handed out information on the resources available for tenants: Property Standards Public Health Housing Help Centre Human Rights Legal Support Centre Investigations and Enforcement Unit As of October 2014, a pilot project for tenants who file T2 and T6 applications against the landlord will automatically go to Case Management hearings in hope of working out a settlement. During question period Sharon gave tenants some good coaching tips and advice in regard to a N7 eviction order.   Sorry I’m not sharing the information I’m going to keep that under my hat….just in case.   ;)...

Lately with all the shite that's gone on around here ie: unnecessary cop calling, the KMHC office staff and their lack of understanding, lame fire drills and now we have an encore presentation….. Bedbugs! Just last month UNH’s/KMHC hired a contractor to exterminate the bloody bastard bugs and apparently they are back.   Today we received a notice stating bedbugs have been sighted in the common areas and hallways of the KMHC building.  Looks to me the contractor did a terrible job so Good Shepherd Works will be doing a bedbug inspection on Friday…..UGH!  I rather be present when inspections are scheduled so I hope the inspector shows up early, I have things to do.  I know for a fact tenants are pissed off and frustrated, one tenant is planning to move out due to the bedbug scare and another suggests they bomb the building I don’t mean nuke it.   I mean UNH’s should put tenants up in a hotel then bomb the building with top of the line pesticide.   No more...