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@girlfreddy the problem is up here in New Brunswick as well. Yes, many landlords can be negligent; but I observed that a lot of water and sewage infrastructure was poorly made back in the 1970s especially. condemnation must widen
We should have known slapped together cars and trucks of the malais era. poor quality extended into building materials and beyond. Even today manufacturers like Boeing will try to slip through substandard parts. Instead of fixing the problems, they send lawyers.
1970s may not even be about shoddy quality but that 50+y is well over the normal lifespan of most construction. Maintenance and renovation of stuff that old is expected.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Gallant's living conditions are an extreme example of how low-income tenants stuck in unfit housing can suffer physically and psychologically as they struggle to get repairs and keep a roof over their head.
A recent CBC News investigation found renters living in dangerous, dilapidated housing are up against unresponsive landlords and a lack of protective bylaws.
"The way that the system typically works is the onus is on the tenant to identify and raise concerns about unhealthy conditions, and this is one of the roots of the problem," said Erica Phipps, executive director of the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment.
She said many tenants remain living in substandard, unhealthy or even dangerous conditions for prolonged periods and never make an official complaint, either because they're scared of being evicted in retaliation or they worry the building will be condemned.
"How can we make sure that when a referral or a passing of the issue happens that you get to an ultimate conclusion to that situation," Phipps said, "and we don't have the revolving door of people moving into units that are known by at least some agencies to have a significant health risk."
Casales, from the Department of Environment, said if a tenant is living in substandard conditions without running water, heat or with sewage issues, for example, they can file an application for a hearing with the Residential Tenancies Program.
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