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Re: LMR and Interest

Posted by Paul on 4/19/2009, 11:50 am, in reply to "LMR and Interest"

Thanks for the e-mail reply from Dan McIntyre and John Fraser of CERA. I'll follow your advice and contact the Investigations & Enforcement Branch, hopefully they can rectify this situation. --Previous Message-- : Long story here. : : Being Disabled, I required accommodations in : both Handicap Parking and having the : Bathroom modified, the bathroom needing the : Sink raised from 30 inches high to 34 inches : and Handle Bars to get into the Shower and : one in the Shower. : : Before signing the lease, all were offered : and agreed to, however, upon signing the : lease I was promptly told none would be : provided. : : Long story short, I fought all the way up to : the President and CEO and they reluctantly : provided Handicap Parking even though they : "FELT" that they were not required : to According to Law. : : The bathroom modifications were never done : and I learned to do without, having great : pain in doing so. : : Eventually, other Tenants moved in and the : same old proverbial run-around was done to : them...promising Accommodations in : Disabilities and then not delivering. : : In their wisdom, they decided that : Handicapped Parking was a : "Courtesy" and not a : "Right," deciding to take : handicapped Parking away from everyone...but : before this happened, I again tried to get : the Bathroom Modifications done. : : Soliciting CERA's (Centre for Equality in : Rental Accommodations) help, they were : successful in getting our Handicapped : Parking back, but things happened before : they could get my accommodations for the : Bathroom. : : I was attacked and threatened with Physical : Violence...this with the help of a Tenant : friend of the Landlords, while I solicited : other Disabled Tenants to join CERA. : : Needless to say, this Tenant friend of the : Landlords accused me of starting fights with : other Tenants and that...not only the : Landlords Staff were "Deathly : Afraid" of me, but this "Boardwalk : Tenant Friend" as well. ( Did I mention : I'm Disabled and have SEVERE CARDIAC : DISEASE?) This Tenant friend of the : Landlord...now starts harassing my wife and : I, spreading gossip and innuendo around the : building about us and starts going after my : wife who suffers from Strokes and has : Mini-Strokes when under stress. This Tenant : Friend of the Landlord...now scares the life : out of my wife and I try to stop her from : doing things toward her again...I'm then : "ASSAULTED" by this Landlord : Tenant Friend and put into a : "wheelchair" because of the : assault (did I mention the Police would not : charge this person as the Tape Recording of : the assault is NOT a Video Recording?) : : Now this Landlord Tenant Friend solicits : help from more Landlord Tenant Friends and : we are now harassed from leaving and coming : from our Apartment and the Landlord now : tries to evict me and my wife, claiming this : "Deathly Fear" and that I : assaulted this Tenant Friend of : theirs...with this Landlord Tenant Friend : taking the stand...changing her story : numerous times...calling a lawyer and : announcing that she called a lawyer to seek : help in her testimony. Didn't matter that : this happened...the Landlords Ace (The : Landlord Tenant Board) disregarded the : repeated lies, my health, this person and : her friends harassing us as we come and : leave, etc., found "ME" guilty as : charged, but not enough to evict me and : orders me to pay the Landlord $150. : : Now these Tenant Friends, start charging : toward my Wife and I whenever they see : us...the Police...they won't do anything : about it nor anything about anything. : : So...we get to our floor on the : elevator..."I'm passing blood" : from the previous assault and this Boardwalk : Tenant Friends Husband now charges toward my : wife to cause her a Stroke. I Video Record : it and put myself between him and my Wife as : they taunt us to call the Police. Again the : Police do nothing and I'm served with an N5 : accusing me of attacking them. : : Now, this Landlord Tenant Friend is also : harassing other Disabled Tenants and : proceeds to trash their cars...leaving her : calling card by using her own stationary. : : Again...the Police do nothing. : : Now...because of the calling card this : person leaves on Disabled peoples Cars as : she trashes their cars...I'm Physically : attacked by her and assaulted again...JUST : WEEKS AFTER HAVING HEART SURGERY!!! : : Again...the Police do nothing. BUT, the : Police now decide to call everyone in for : Lie Detector Tests...we readily agree to : it...but the Tenant Friends refuse. : : While this is going on, the Police decide to : charge the Landlords Tenant Friend and : announce it to her that she's going to be : charged...She now runs to the Justice of the : Peace and swears out against me and my : Wife...we're charged and the Police now : decide to NOT charge this person. : : We now have to charge this person through : the JP's Office and the Landlord? The : landlord now serves me and my Wife with an : EVICTION, claiming that I...after just : having Heart Surgery, assaulted their Tenant : Friend (did I mention my wife suffered a : stroke when I got assaulted this second : time?) : : Now, we decide (along with getting our : Income Tax Rebate), decide to leave this : tenancy as we had no money previously to : leave. : : I have a Landlord Tenant Board Order, that : the landlord is to GIVE our Last Months Rent : back to us and the Interest owing us...the : Landlord?...refuses to give us the money : that is owing us and ignores the Board : Order. : : So the question is...how do we get our Money : owing to us concerning this Landlord and : Tenant Board Order...which the landlord was : ordered to pay us? : : : :

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